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Relationship between environmental exposures in children and adult lung disease: the case for outdoor exposuresThere is a growing understanding that chronic respiratory diseases in adults have their origins in early life
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Is there a sex ratio difference in the familial aggregation of specific language impairment? A meta analysisThis meta-analysis examined whether there is a sex ratio difference in the risk for impairment among family members of an SLI proband
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Rally for Research for a Healthy FutureHundreds of researchers from Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research will join a rally in Forrest Place today
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Women's knowledge and attitudes regarding alcohol consumption in pregnancy: a national surveyAlcohol exposure in pregnancy is a common and modifiable risk factor for poor pregnancy and child outcomes.
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Fathers smoking linked to increased risk of childhood leukaemiaNew research from the Telethon Institute has found that children whose father smoked at conception may have a 35% higher risk of developing leukaemia.
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Hepatic iron loading in mice increases cholesterol biosynthesisIron and cholesterol are both essential metabolites in mammalian systems, and too much or too little of either can have serious clinical consequences
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$2 million boost to child development researchResearchers at Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research have been awarded a prestigious Australian Research Council linkage grant
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Lessons from the first year of the WAIVE study investigating the protective effect of influenza vaccineInfluenza is major cause of paediatric hospitalisation. Influenza vaccine was offered to all children aged 6-59 months resident in Western Australia in 2008
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Western diet link to ADHDA new study from Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a 'Western-style' diet in adolescents.
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Hospital staff effective at reporting child abuseA new study from Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research has found that most cases of child abuse or neglect that are identified in hospital are...
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Parental fear leads to inactive 'cottonwool' kids: studyParental fear leads to inactive 'cottonwool' kids. Children's development and wellbeing are under threat because their parents are fearful of strangers
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Disadvantaged children fall behind in the land of the fair goDisadvantaged children fall behind in the land of the fair go
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Alarming increase in drug affected newbornsA new Australian study has found that the number of newborns suffering serious drug withdrawal symptoms is now more than 40 times higher than in 1980.
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New study finds teen girls regret having sex earlierNew study finds teen girls regret having sex earlier
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Study finds IVF twins have more health problemsTwins born as a result of assisted reproductive technology (ART) such as IVF are more likely to be admitted to neonatal intensive care