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Cutting-edge work is offering new hope to children with Cystic Fibrosis.

It's normal for children and teenagers to experience a range of emotions, including sadness, however childhood depression is more than just feeling sad.

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Melanoma, also known as malignant melanoma, occurs when abnormal skin cells multiply rapidly in an uncontrolled way.

More than 3,000 skin checks have been undertaken as part of a large clinical trial in WA’s Kimberley region aimed at halving the burden of skin sores in school-aged Aboriginal children.

It’s a brave move to upend your entire family to seek a fresh start – or safety – in a new country: even braver when the country you’re moving to has a completely different language, structure and cultural outlook.

A world-first study led by Dr Aveni Haynes at The Kids’ Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre, is helping to detect early changes in blood sugar levels.

Three hundred and fifty million people live with an undiagnosed disease worldwide and three quarters of them are children.

A The Kids Research Institute Australia study has found the average six-month-old Australian baby has more than one hour of screen time each day.

The Kids Research Institute Australia is at the forefront of a global effort to track and prevent malaria – one of the world’s leading causes of disease and child deaths, particularly in developing countries.

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Although essential for overall health and wellbeing, little is known about skin health in urban-living Australian Aboriginal children. This co-designed, research-service project aimed to describe skin health and document skin disease frequency in urban-living Aboriginal children and young people in Western Australia and investigate housing associations for skin infections.