Parenting News
University of Newcastle researchers are asking new mums to reflect on their pregnancy and post-birth experience to help researchers design a healthy lifestyle program for other mothers-to-be. Dr Lesley MacDonald-Wicks said the University of Newcastle is calling for women who ... Read More »
Researchers from Murdoch University’s School of Health Professions are urging health organisations to reconsider their attitudes to mothers and babies bedsharing. Associate Professor Catherine Fetherston said Australian and overseas agencies’ warnings against bedsharing were not well supported by evidence and ... Read More »
When teenage girls are exposed to secondhand smoke at home, they tend to have lower levels of the “good” form of cholesterol that reduces heart disease risk, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of ... Read More »
Most infants respond to a game of peek-a-boo with smiles at the very least, and, for those who find the activity particularly entertaining, gales of laughter. For infants with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), however, the game can be distressing rather ... Read More »
Window blind cords pose a particular risk of accidental strangulation for young children, doctors have warned in Archives of Disease of Childhood. Children between the ages of 16 and 36 months seem particularly vulnerable, they say. The warning comes after ... Read More »
A first-ever vaccine created by University of Guelph researchers for gut bacteria common in autistic children may also help control some autism symptoms. The groundbreaking study by Brittany Pequegnat and Guelph chemistry professor Mario Monteiro appears this month in the ... Read More »
A research team led by Dr. Robert Hess from McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has used the popular puzzle video game Tetris in an innovative approach to treat adult amblyopia, commonly known ... Read More »
In a study that included nearly 3,000 adults from Denmark, a diagnosis of meningococcal, pneumococcal, or Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in childhood was associated with lower educational achievement and economic self-sufficiency in adult life, according to a study in an issue ... Read More »
A new University of Melbourne and Austin Health led study has revealed further insight into fainting showing the phenomenon may be genetic and, in some families, only one gene may be responsible. However, a predisposition to certain triggers, such as ... Read More »
Researchers at the University of Adelaide say treatment for people affected by video game “addiction” would be improved if a standard definition of the problem were adopted by psychologists. Dr Daniel King, a Senior Research Associate in the School of ... Read More »
