Cancer
28 Oct 2018
National cancer screening programs reduce the risk of death from breast, cervical and bowel cancer
People with breast, cervical and bowel cancers detected through national cancer screening programs have better cancer survival outcomes.
Children's Health
19 Oct 2018
Cord blood clue to respiratory diseases
New research has found children born in the last three months of the year in Melbourne may have a greater risk of developing respiratory diseases.
Cancer
11 Oct 2018
Birth defect predicts testicular cancer, infertility
First population-based cohort study to assess both adult fertility and cancer risk after surgical correction for undescended testes in early childhood.
Children's health
04 Sep 2018
Spider venom strikes a blow against childhood epilepsy
A devastating form of childhood epilepsy that is resistant to traditional drugs may have met its match in spider venom.
Children's health
23 May 2018
Rapid DNA sequencing transforms care for critically unwell children
Rapid genomic sequencing for babies and children with suspected genetic conditions improves health outcomes and saves healthcare dollars – transforming rare disease diagnosis in paediatric…
Cancer
20 May 2018
Possible novel way to stop untreatable paediatric brain cancers
Researchers used an experimental molecular therapy in preclinical laboratory tests to effectively treat several types of deadly paediatric brain cancer and now propose advancing the…
Children's health
12 May 2018
Prenatal cannabis use associated with low birth weights
With marijuana use during pregnancy on the rise, a new study led by the Colorado School of Public Health shows that prenatal cannabis use was…
Children's health
07 May 2018
Babies with bronchiolitis benefit from new oxygen therapy
A new therapy to help infants with acute respiratory infection will prevent thousands of infants with bronchiolitis from requiring escalation of care when admitted to hospital and save more than $200 million in hospital costs. Bronchiolitis – caused by a viral infection in the lungs – is the most common…
Children's health
01 May 2018
Miracle Babies Foundation
Miracle Babies Foundation is Australia’s leading not-for-profit supporting premature and sick newborns, their families and the hospitals that care for them.
