Paediatrics & Neonatology Feature Articles
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, ...
New research shows the wording of warning labels may lead to different perceptions of risk for the same danger.
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, ...
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 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
A discredited study linking vaccination with autism has been blamed for contributing to a measles outbreak in Wales affecting more than 600 young people.
The first study of the effects of Sydney’s air pollution on the development of asthma has been carried out at UNSW.
Hospitals have become a battleground where state of origin is the decisive factor in a fight over hospital internships.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Medical research designed to benefit humans may in the future also be carried out on plants.
Salt may be lurking as a silent contributor to the growing childhood obesity epidemic, Deakin University health researchers have found.
A promising step forward in stopping an intergenerational cycle of birth complications, diabetes and obesity associated with gestational diabetes has been made by researchers at the ...
From the findings of the first-ever population-based study of its kind in Australia, a Curtin University researcher has released a report highlighting the impact of maternal alcohol ...
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