Paediatrics & Neonatology Feature Articles
Assistant Professor Brianna Moore, used COSMED PEA POD to investigate the longitudinal association of neonatal adiposity with BMI trajectories and childhood overweight and obesity ...
No matter the age of your patient, a trip to the hospital can be an uncomfortable experience. However, for younger patients, it can be especially stressful.
According to new research, the most common type of antidepressant can alter the structure of the brain of a developing foetus - if taken by the mother during pregnancy.
Doctors are urging decision-makers to take sustained action to connect Australia’s children in adversity with specialist medical care and social and education services.
An alarming number of children under five years of age are being prescribed asthma medication outside of national guidelines, leading to calls for better education of health care ...
All children are susceptible to junk food advertising, regardless of how parents try to influence their eating habits. This key finding is from a study led by researchers from the ...
GPs are encouraging parents and carers with any doubts about getting their children vaccinated to look at the compelling evidence on the Australian Government’s new ...
The proportion of Australian children who are fully immunised continues to rise, but significant variation remains across local communities, a report released recently by the Australian ...
A troubling link has been highlighted between chronic physical illnesses, like asthma or diabetes, and an increased risk of developing mental health problems in children and young ...
If your practice sees 50 patients in an average day, chances are you’ll get about 3 or 4 ‘no shows’.
The AMA has joined forces with the Australian Academy of Science to promote and distribute the Academy’s revised and updated booklet, The Science of Immunisation: Questions and ...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has released a position paper calling for all healthcare services/government agencies that communicate patient information ...
The AMA is pleased to advise that General Practice Registrars Australia (GPRA) and General Practice Supervisors Australia (GPSA) have reached agreement on the National Terms and ...
Millions of consumers will be able to access more affordable medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 October – and they can go online to check the savings they ...
Most Australians consider themselves to be in good health, according to the latest two-yearly report card from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Researchers across NSW will be able to explore genomic changes in cancer cells more comprehensively than ever before, following Garvan’s acquisition of the ‘Chromium Genome Solution’ ...
NSW hospitals are admitting more patients and performing more elective surgeries than ever before, according to the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) report.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has re-activated and re-energized its campaign against the Federal Government’s Medicare rebate freeze with new evidence showing ...
Expanding innovative models of evidence-based, interprofessional health care and better utilising the role of highly-trained pharmacists will improve patient outcomes and ease the ...
The healthcare industry has a massive daily responsibility to manage the lives of entire communities and see them through all manner of health-related crises.
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