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Breastfeeding Boosts Brain PowerChildren who are mainly breastfed for the first six months (or longer) score significantly higher academically at 10 years of age, especially boys.
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Children follow in their parent’s behaviour footstepsNew research shows that parents have an important role to play in teaching their children to understand another person's feelings and point of view.
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Traffic emission linked to low birthweightNew research from Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research has linked traffic emissions to reduced fetal growth.
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Reading books boosts child languageA new study provides more evidence that reading books to young children and helping them visually to follow the story improves a child's language.
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Telethon Adventurers fund new brain tumour research fellowshipThe Telethon Adventurers have announced a new research fellowship to investigate the genes involved in childhood brain tumours.
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It’s Time – new video on the Apology to the Stolen GenerationsIt's Time - new video on the Apology to the Stolen Generations
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Perth children needed for Swine Flu vaccine studyPerth researchers are about to begin testing of a new vaccine to protect against swine flu in children.
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Genetic analysis reveals range of Rett syndromeThe first comprehensive analysis of the clinical effects of genetic mutations involved in Rett syndrome
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Healing precedes a positive future for Indigenous AustraliansThe Australian Government should form a National Indigenous Healing Foundation to provide compensation to the stolen generations.
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Study shows dramatic increase in caesarean sectionsA new study has found that the rate of caesarean sections in Western Australia has almost doubled in a 20 year period to 2003.