Children's health
17 Sep 2013
Pregnancy due date calculator
The pregnancy due date calculator determines when your baby is due based on the date of your last menstrual period, to help you prepare for…
Children's health
16 Sep 2013
Asthma score calculator
Do you really know what your level of asthma control is? Knowing your Asthma Score can be the first step to better asthma control -…
Men's Health
16 Sep 2013
ADHD Adult Self-Evaluation Tool
Complete the ADHD Adult Self Evaluation with this interactive tool. It automatically summarises and prints results, which you can take to a doctor appointment if you suspect you have ADHD. The tool is based on an interview developed by the World Health Organisation. Although better known as a behavioural disorder of childhood, ADHD affects almost 1 in 20 adults.
Gastro
14 Sep 2013
Wetting the bed: When to worry and what to do
If your child wets the bed and you’re wondering whether you should worry or wait and see, you’re certainly not the first nor will you be the last parent to do so! Bed wetting is a common problem1 and most parents have been woken up at night to change wet…
Children's health
13 Sep 2013
Childhood adversity linked to higher risk of early death
Traumatic childhood experiences are linked to an increased risk of early death, according to new research using data from the 1958 National Child Development Study. The research, led by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), in collaboration with the ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in…
Lungs
11 Sep 2013
Bushfire Alert for Asthmatics
With bushfires burning around the Sydney area and the air pollution index showing air quality is “very poor” in some areas, Asthma Foundation NSW are warning the over 700,000 people who live with asthma in NSW to be on alert for bushfires and high pollution levels. “According to the latest…
Lungs
10 Sep 2013
Early spring prompts asthma alert
An early flowering season, a high pollen count rising to very high on Monday, temperatures forecast to rise to 28C and an extensive program of hazard reduction burns has prompted Asthma Foundation NSW to issue a general warning to the 800,000 people in NSW who live with asthma. Fire authorities…
Lungs
04 Sep 2013
Asthma Foundation NSW sounds spring warning
Fluctuating temperatures, an early flowering season and predictions of thunderstorms and bushfires by weather experts this year has prompted Asthma Foundation to warn that this could be a tough time for the 800,000 asthmatics in NSW. “Unseasonably high temperatures have seen plants flowering early and the Rural Fire Service has…
Cancer
04 Sep 2013
Rare leukaemia survival rate breakthrough in children
A pioneering genetic study means that children with a rare subtype of leukaemia have 75% less chance of their leukaemia recurring. A study by Newcastle University scientists, published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, has shown that lives have already been saved as a result of identifying children carrying…
