Children's health
07 Jan 2018
How diabetes in pregnancy affects baby’s heart
Researchers have discovered how high glucose levels — whether caused by diabetes or other factors — keep heart cells from maturing normally.
Children's Health
01 Jan 2018
Child sexual abuse affects victim’s brain
A fresh look at neurobiological research shoots down any remaining myths that adult-child sex could be less harmful than claimed.
Children's health
26 Dec 2017
New type 1 diabetes treatment
Researchers at The University of Queensland are hoping a new form of immunotherapy could lead to better treatment of type 1 diabetes.
Blood
13 Dec 2017
A vital step for childhood stroke
The Stroke Foundation has welcomed and endorsed Australia’s first clinical guidelines for children with stroke, saying the guidelines were a vital step forward in recognising and treating some of the disease’s youngest sufferers. The guidelines, developed by doctors from the Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, have been…
Allergies
12 Dec 2017
Proteins in breastmilk protect offspring against food allergy
Research published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine indicates that a mother’s diet can protect nursing newborns against food allergies.
Cancer
12 Nov 2017
New ethical guidelines for fertility preservation of ill children
Doctors treating children with life-threatening illnesses now have a new tool to help them with the ethical questions surrounding fertility preservation.
Children's health
11 Nov 2017
Preterm babies’ lives saved by clamping umbilical cord later
Thousands of preterm babies could be saved by waiting 60 seconds before clamping the umbilical cord after birth instead of clamping it immediately.
Children's health
23 Oct 2017
Recognising monogenic diabetes is vital for its management
Identifying monogenic diabetes – a rare type of diabetes caused by a single genetic mutation — in the young is crucial for appropriate therapies.
Children's health
27 Sep 2017
Learning to improve foot control in cerebral palsy
A device to measure foot control is being trialled to improve walking ability for adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy.
