Online registry will help cancer patients preserve their fertility
In a world-first, the Randwick Hospitals Campus and UNSW Australia have launched an online registry that will capture a cancer patient’s journey from diagnosis through to survivorship, and which can be used to help...
Baby, we’ve come a long way in measuring lung function
An international team of researchers has developed a simple, non-invasive way to measure the impact of smoking during pregnancy on babies’ lung development.
Previously, measuring these effects required sedating the baby, inflating its lungs with...
State’s first virtual high school ready for 2015
NSW Deputy Premier Troy Grant and Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli today named the State's first virtual high school for rural and remote students, which will offer classes from the beginning of 2015.
Mr Grant...
State's first virtual high school ready for 2015
NSW Deputy Premier Troy Grant and Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli today named the State's first virtual high school for rural and remote students, which will offer classes from the beginning of 2015.
Mr Grant...
Back to school: How to choose those new shoes
Getting the right advice for buying new school shoes could save parents money and more importantly their kids from experiencing foot pain and foot problems and reducing their physical activity.
University of Western Sydney podiatry...
Overweight teens lose weight for the right reasons
Most heavy teens’ attempts to lose weight don’t work, but a new study shows a big secret of those who do succeed.
They do it more for their own sake rather than to impress their...
Could Playing Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” and Other Music Improve Kids’ Brains?
Children who play the violin or study piano could be learning more than just Mozart. A University of Vermont College of Medicine child psychiatry team has found that musical training might also help kids...
Maternal Supplementation with Multiple Micronutrients, Compared With Iron-Folic Acid, Does Not Reduce Infant Mortality
In Bangladesh, daily maternal supplementation of multiple micronutrients compared to iron-folic acid before and after childbirth did not reduce all-cause infant mortality to age 6 months, but did result in significant reductions in preterm...
Text Messaging Reminders Increase Second Dose Influenza Vaccinations in Children
Researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center studied the impact of text message reminders for the second dose of influenza vaccine required for many young children to protect them against the virus....
Dogs, cats and other animals may improve social skills of children with autism
Dogs and other pets play an important role in individuals’ social lives, and they can act as catalysts for social interaction, previous research has shown. Although much media attention has focused on how dogs...
