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Multiple prenatal ultrasound scans and ocular development: 20-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial

Through comprehensive ophthalmic examination of adult offspring we sought to determine the impact of multiple prenatal ultrasound scans on ocular development.

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Sense of control and wellbeing decades after exposure to blue asbestos at Wittenoom, Western Australia

The objective of this study was to examine the impact of the knowledge of past asbestos exposure on psychosocial health.

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CD46 measles virus receptor polymorphisms influence receptor protein expression

Despite the availability of measles vaccines, infants continue to die from measles. Measles vaccine responses vary between individuals, and poor...

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Does cerebral lateralization develop? A study using functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound assessing

In the majority of people, language production is lateralized to the left cerebral hemisphere and visuospatial skills to the right.

‘Boom Boom’ goes the beat towards ending rheumatic heart disease

A song written by kids in Barunga as part of the END RHD Communities Project is helping prevent the spread of infections that cause rheumatic heart disease in remote Aboriginal Communities.

Technology helps ease parents' worry

Video technology is helping researchers learn more about the earliest features of autism, and in turn is helping families gain access to better interventions.

When differently abled experiences collide, magic happens

A quality of life tool developed by disability researcher Jenny Downs is helping to reveal the difference specific interventions can make to the lives of children and families living with disability.

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DETECT Schools Program Underway

The DETECT Schools program is underway, with swabs taken at 13 of the participating schools across Western Australia. No asymptomatic COVID-19 has been detected to date.

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Qualitative investigation of perceived barriers to and enablers of sport participation for young people with first episode psychosis

The participants responded favourably to the idea of using sport to promote recovery post-first episode of psychosis