Computer gaming improves hearing in children
Computer games on a homework night spell trouble to many parents. But what if a computer game could really lift school marks?
Researchers at the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) have some great news: the first...
Shy kids get online support
A groundbreaking approach to helping shy kids via the internet is the focus of unique research at Griffith University
A team of researchers have developed a series of psychological interventions for child anxiety called the...
New sexuality education curriculum
Primary school children would like to learn about love, intimacy and being close as part of their sexuality education in school - and their parents would like that too, a project in Geelong has...
Guidelines for responding to childhood trauma
Adults Surviving Child Abuse (ASCA) today announces a global first with the launch of new guidelines in Australia for the Treatment of Complex Trauma and Trauma Informed Care and Service Delivery.
Funded by Federal Government...
Exercise protects the heart at all ages
Extensive research has been recently conducted into the benefits of exercise in protecting your heart, irrespective of what age you are and when you start. Given that it’s World Heart Day this week, it’s...
iPad app therapy for autistic children
Australian researchers have harnessed tablet technology to develop an iPad app that is set to revolutionise the way parents around the world provide in-home therapy for their autistic children.
Named the TOBY Playpad (Therapy Outcomes...
Treatment for rare childhood aging disease
Results of the first-ever clinical drug trial for children with Progeria, a rare, fatal “rapid-aging” disease, demonstrate the efficacy of a farnesyltransferase inhibitor (FTI), a drug originally developed to treat cancer. The clinical trial...
Folate protects against childhood brain tumours
A national study led by Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found that folic acid supplements before and during pregnancy reduces the risk of childhood brain tumours.
The national case-control study collected data...
Special clinics to combat measles epidemic
NSW Health today stepped up efforts to combat NSW’s worst measles epidemic in 14 years by offering free vaccine at special clinics which have been established in the Campbelltown area.
A total of 145 cases...
Obese kids have less sensitive taste-buds
Obese kids have less sensitive taste-buds than kids of normal weight, indicates research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
This blunted ability to distinguish all five tastes of bitter, sweet, salty, sour,...
