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Birth control

Teen girls, birth control and parents' opinions

(1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5)
Parents are more accepting of their teenage daughters using birth control pills than any other form of contraception, including condoms, according to a recent study from UC San Francisco (UCSF). The most effective contraceptive methods,...
A very tiny baby

Time to rethink how we care for preterm babies

(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
A La Trobe University academic says that children born prematurely and with very low birth weights need speech-language pathologists to play a greater role in their treatment within neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Dr Bernice...
Pill bottles

Focusing on youth to reduce prescription abuse into adulthood

(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
Middle school students from small towns and rural communities who received any of three community-based prevention programs were less likely to abuse prescription medications in late adolescence and young adulthood. The research, published in...
Naughty toddler

3-year-olds will override adults’ instructions if they ‘know better’

(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
Even very young children understand that adults don’t always know best. When it comes to helping, 3-year-olds may ignore an adult’s specific request for an unhelpful item and go out of their way to...
Naughty toddler

3-year-olds will override adults’ instructions if they ‘know better'

(1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5)
Even very young children understand that adults don’t always know best. When it comes to helping, 3-year-olds may ignore an adult’s specific request for an unhelpful item and go out of their way to...
Child cancer

Experts pledge global assault on kids’ cancer

(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
A global action plan to tackle one of the most aggressive types of childhood brain tumours will be developed as a result of an unprecedented meeting of international experts in Western Australia. Funded by The...
A very small baby's hand sits in the hand of her father.

Premature babies at higher risk of psychiatric disorders

(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
A study by the Institute has found infants born very prematurely- before 32 weeks gestation- have higher rates of psychiatric disorders by school age compared with their term born peers. The study also showed a...
No smoking sign.

Smoking bans linked with reductions in preterm birth

(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
Smoking bans are associated with a “consistent pattern of reduction in the risk of preterm delivery." The study supports the notion that smoking bans have public health benefits from early life. It is well established that...
Sick child in hospital

Parents’ views critical at the end of a child’s life

(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
More emphasis should be given to parents' needs when deciding whether or not to withdraw life support from critically ill children, according to a new book written by a University of Adelaide academic. The book,...
Sick child in hospital

Parents' views critical at the end of a child's life

(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5)
More emphasis should be given to parents' needs when deciding whether or not to withdraw life support from critically ill children, according to a new book written by a University of Adelaide academic. The book,...
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