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Breastfeeding protects against obesity in adultsThe Kids Research Institute Australia has shown that stopping breastfeeding and introducing formula milk before babies reach six months of age is linked to an obesity risk.
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ADHD association with family stress and maternal smokingThe results from two new The Kids Research Institute Australia studies on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) show an association between the condition
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A healthy start for you and your next bubPregnancy brings with it some level of risk. There is no getting around that. Of course, women want to do the best for their baby, but there is a risk.
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Premmie babies, premmie lungsThe Kids Research Institute Australia is working to understand how lungs grow and develop in premmie babies, and looking at lung function and air travel.
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Hospitalisations up to adulthood for children born with orofacial cleftsThe aim of this study was to compare hospital admissions from infancy to adulthood, between children born with orofacial clefts (OFC) and those without OFC.
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Early mortality from external causes in Aboriginal mothers: A retrospective cohort studyWhilst a disproportionate number of Aboriginal women die from potentially preventable causes, no research has investigated mortality in Aboriginal mothers.
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Older maternal age is associated with depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms in young adult female offspringOlder maternal age is associated with depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms in young adult females
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Exploring the dynamics of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) transmission in childrenWe develop a compartmental model for RSV infection, driven by a seasonal forcing function, and conduct parameter space and bifurcation analyses to document...
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Transcriptome analysis of recurrently deregulated genes across multiple cancers identifies new pan-cancer biomarkersGenomewide expression profiling approach identified a comprehensive set of candidate biomarkers with pan-cancer potential
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A variant at 9p21.3 functionally implicates CDKN2B in paediatric B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia aetiologyDiscover and replicate a locus indexed by rs77728904 at 9p21.3 associated with BCP-ALL susceptibility