One in four NSW school kids are overweight or obese
Nearly one in four New South Wales school children are overweight or obese according to a University of Sydney study reported in today's Medical Journal of Australia.
The new finding is the latest from a...
Project to help mother-daughter communication
A University of the Sunshine Coast Psychology project aims to take the angst out of adolescence for mothers and daughters across the region.
The latest stage of the Knowing You Knowing Me research project, which...
Study on teens aims to reduce school sitting time
Children from the Illawarra are being asked to participate in a unique Australian study that will investigate ways to reduce sitting time in the adolescent school day in order to increase energy, boost concentration...
How Aussie kids are doing in terms of health and learning
Australian children are generally doing well in terms of their health and early learning, but some groups are doing less well than others, according to data released today by the Australian Institute of Health...
BioCSL Fluvax – investigations into the cause of fevers in children under 5 years
During the 2010 influenza season bioCSL's Fluvax influenza vaccine was associated with a higher rate of fever and fever-related convulsions in children under 5 than other influenza vaccines. Information about TGA's response to this...
Australian children and adolescents increasingly use psychotropic drugs
More Australians, particularly children and adolescents, are using psychotropic drugs, a University of Sydney study examining prescribing patterns shows.
The study examined trends across a four-year period from the start of 2009. Its results show...
Pregnant women respond to music with stronger physiological changes in blood pressure
Music can be soothing or stirring, it can make us dance or make us sad. Blood pressure, heartbeat, respiration and even body temperature – music affects the body in a variety of ways. It...
‘Often and early’ gives children a taste for vegetables
Exposing infants to a new vegetable early in life encourages them to eat more of it compared to offering novel vegetables to older children, new research from the University of Leeds suggests.
The researchers, led...
Motherhood and childcare: is it just a pain in the back?
A world-first study by a researcher from The University of Western Australia is calling for volunteers to help unravel why being a mum may cause years of back pain and dysfunction.
Occupational bio-mechanist and PhD...
An SMS a day keeps the doctor away
Habit-based messages by text message or email have proven to increase the fruit consumption of young adults according to Australian research.
The study by researchers from The University of Western Australia's School of Psychology and School of Sport...
