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World-first App supports stress reduction and improves wellbeing during and after pregnancy

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A new App that helps manage the stress of pregnancy and aims to reduce the risk of developing postnatal depression and other mental illnesses has been created by beyondblue and Smiling Mind. Mind the Bump...

Mobile Phone Addicts Most Sleep Deprived: Study

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Teenagers who routinely snuggle up in bed at night with their computer or mobile phone are more than twice as likely to be sleep deprived than other adolescents, research shows. A web-based survey of about...

Perfect storm of creative play

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A community outreach program that encouraged Illawarra and South Coast children to engage in more interactive and creative play was held at the Jervis Bay 100th Year of Education in the Territory centenary celebration. Representatives from...

Children as young as three are engaging in bullying behaviour

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One in five children aged between three and five years old engage in bullying, according to UOW academic Dr Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett. Childhood development expert Dr Neilsen-Hewett, Convener of University of Wollongong’s Bachelor of Education - The...

A sports program for special kids

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Groups of secondary school students are having a unique opportunity to develop their sports skills through a program run by uni students enrolled in two of Victoria University’s sports degrees. The Adapted Physical Education Program...

New anti-bullying computer game a Safekeeper

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A partnership between Deakin University researchers and a Melbourne-based community organisation have created a computer game designed to prevent bullying. The prototype of the new game SAFEKEEPER, will be unveiled at an event at Melbourne...

Does having children make us any happier?

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The birth of a first and a second child briefly increases the level of their parents’ happiness, but a third does not, according to new research from LSE and Western University, Canada. According to the...

More attention to measles, vaccine experts urge

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Doctors and public health authorities need to renew their attention to measles, researchers from Emory Vaccine Center urge in an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine. "Because of its high level of contagiousness, measles...

Leading mathematics teaching program moves mainstream

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A QUT-led teaching method designed to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students' learning of mathematics is seeing success in a diverse range of schools. The YuMi Deadly Maths method is now used in projects...

Preterm, low birth-weight babies may need new hips in adulthood

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Researchers from Monash University have found that low birth weight and preterm birth are linked to increased risk for osteoarthritis-related hip replacements in adulthood. However, the findings published in the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)...
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