How ADHD affects pregnancy outcomes in women and their babies
Women on medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should not stop treatment without consulting a doctor, say the authors of a new study examining pregnancy outcomes among women treated with ADHD medications.
Published in...
Newborn screening for primary immunodeficiency diseases is a health priority
Dr Jovanka King, a speaker at the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia’s (RCPA) annual conference, ‘Pathology Update 2018’, will recommend that newborn screening is expanded to include testing for severe immunodeficiency diseases. Dr...
Babies fed soy-based formula have changes in reproductive system tissues
Infants who consumed soy-based formula as newborns had differences in some reproductive-system cells and tissues, compared to those who used cow-milk formula or were breastfed, according to a new study. The researchers say the...
Rethinking childbirth education could save $97 million yearly
Research led by The University of Notre Dame Australia shows antenatal education not only reduces the rates of medical interventions during childbirth but can save the healthcare system up to $97 million per year.
The...
Childhood Heart Disease: Parents Need More Support From Genetic Services
Parents of babies born with heart disease should be offered specialised cardiac genetic counselling to reduce risk, prevent disease and improve treatment, according to world-first research led by UNSW, UTS and the Sydney Children’s...
Urgent Need To Tackle Poor Diets Of Australian Children
A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the first to assess intakes of Australian children from nine months to five years of age in comparison to Australian...
How Playgroups Use Social Media Is Focus Of Research First
Investigating how caregivers at community playgroups use social media and how this knowledge can help children learn is the focus of new research to be conducted by Early Childhood Researcher Dr Karen McLean at...
Securing a child’s future needs to start during parents’ teen years
A child’s growth and development is affected by the health and lifestyles of their parents before pregnancy – even going back to adolescence – according to a new paper.
The article in the latest edition...
Research finds midwives support childhood vaccination
New research led by a scholar from The University of Western Australia has found that the majority of midwives support vaccinations for babies and children.
Dr Katie Attwell, a senior lecturer in UWA’s School of...
Children with chronic kidney disease at risk of lower IQs
Chronic kidney disease causes irreversible deterioration in renal function, often requiring dialysis or transplant surgery.
In children, genetic causes account for the greatest number of cases.
Published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of...
