Paediatrics & Neonatology Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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Epilepsy drug dosage linked to specific birth defects 8/26/2013

In a world first, new Australian medical research has given pregnant women with epilepsy new hope of reducing their chance of having a baby with physical birth defects.

Nominations open for Victoria's Health Promotion Heroes of 2013 8/19/2013

Victorians are being invited to nominate health promotion champions for the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Awards 2013, to be announced at a ceremony in Melbourne in December. ...

Get your facts straight: ABC website to investigate contentious claims 8/15/2013

Australia is about to get its facts straight – that's the message from the team behind the ABC's newly launched Fact Check website and accompanying platforms including television, ...

Fish oil found to help serious pregnancy complications 8/5/2013

Taking fish oil during pregnancy could limit the effects of serious complications such as gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia and miscarriage as well as enhancing foetal growth, ...

Same risk, different label 7/26/2013

New research shows the wording of warning labels may lead to different perceptions of risk for the same danger.

Antibiotics may increase eczema risk in children: study 7/12/2013

Use of antibiotics in early life may increase the risk of developing eczema by up to 40 per cent, according to a new study involving researchers from The University of Nottingham, ...

Poor sperm count linked to early development 7/12/2013

Male babies that do not have good fetal growth or are exposed to their mothers' smoking are more likely to have a lower sperm count as adults, according to a new study by Roger Hart, ...

Mothers and babies wanted for Oxytocin study 6/27/2013

Mothers with babies aged between three and six months and 10 and 16 months are being sought for a study exploring factors which may protect women from the experience of post-natal ...

IQ link to baby's weight gain in first month 6/20/2013

New research from the University of Adelaide shows that weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life is linked to a higher IQ at early school age.

Boys 'susceptible' to unhealthy food claims 5/28/2013

Children are being tricked into unhealthy food choices by marketers who make misleading nutritional claims and use celebrities to endorse their products, according to research by an ...

Mother’s milk – our first vaccination 5/2/2013

A mother’s antibodies passed on to her baby may be the main reason childhood vaccinations have been so successful and why science has battled so long, and with little success, to ...

Measles outbreak linked to discredited anti-vax study 4/29/2013

A discredited study linking vaccination with autism has been blamed for contributing to a measles outbreak in Wales affecting more than 600 young people.

Sydney pollutants may drive childhood asthma 3/20/2013

The first study of the effects of Sydney’s air pollution on the development of asthma has been carried out at UNSW.

New system for medical internships required 3/13/2013

Hospitals have become a battleground where state of origin is the decisive factor in a fight over hospital internships.

Huge hospital burden for intellectually disabled kids 3/6/2013

New research from the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has shown that children with an intellectual disability or autism are up to ten times more likely to be admitted ...

Parents' views critical at the end of a child's life 2/20/2013

More emphasis should be given to parents' needs when deciding whether or not to withdraw life support from critically ill children, according to a new book written by a University ...

Educating parents key to preventing emotional disorders: study 2/17/2013

In the longest running study of its kind, researchers have evaluated the long-term effects of early intervention on the prevention of internalising disorders in children, such as ...

New e-learning course champions patient safety 2/7/2013

A new learning course pioneered by two University of South Australia lecturers is aimed at raising the standard of handover of patient care in hospital and care facilities across ...

Sweet taste comforts babies during injections 1/17/2013

Fictional character Mary Poppins may have been correct when she sang “a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down” at least when it comes to injections for babies, according to ...

Are plants the next human guinea pigs? 1/10/2013