Children's health
21 Aug 2016
Better mental health care needed for congenital heart disease patients
Experts are calling for national mental health care standards to help address the significant emotional toll faced by the 65,000 Australians living with congenital heart…
Children's health
27 Jul 2016
Australian first in-utero spinal surgery
The first in-utero spinal surgery on a baby diagnosed with spina bifida was performed in Australia at Mater Mothers' Hospital.
Children's health
07 Jul 2016
Too Much Folate in Pregnant Women Increases Risk for Autism
Women who plan on becoming pregnant are told they need enough of the nutrient folate to ensure proper neurodevelopment of their babies, but new research…
Children's health
30 Jun 2016
Genome study offers new hope for children with rare diseases
An international team involving University of Queensland researchers has used advanced genome sequencing to diagnose 30 patients with unresolved rare diseases.
Children's health
28 Apr 2016
Foetal motor neuron imbalance can hard-wire later problems
Motor neuron connections are refined in the weeks before and just after birth, and they are crucial for normal development later, University of Queensland research…
Blood
11 Apr 2016
Cord blood research may unlock future treatments for cerebral palsy
Australia’s first clinical trial of stem cell infusion from cord blood as a possible treatment for cerebral palsy (CP) is commencing in Melbourne.
Children's Health
25 Mar 2016
Kate and Johanna’s experience on raising a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Mothers share their experiences raising sons with high functioning autism spectrum disorders, and discuss the signs of autism in their children.
Children's health
29 Nov 2015
General anaesthesia has no adverse effect on infant brain development
Anaesthesia in infancy has shown no adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in children by the age of two, a new international study has shown.
Neurology
28 Aug 2015
Improving stroke outcomes: Clinical Professor Lesley Cala
Symptoms of stroke, prevention and treatment advances, including blood thinning medications and brain scans, are explained by a doctor in this video.
