Increased demand for 'vaginal seeding' from new parents despite lack of evidence
Doctors are seeing a rise in the number of parents requesting so-called 'vaginal seeding' for babies born by caesarean section.
The practice, which is also known as microbirthing, involves taking a swab from the...
Top 10 tips for moving out of home
Moving out for the first time can be daunting and there’s a lot to get on top of. Check out the top ten tips for moving out of home with a minimum of stress.
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Overcoming disease complacency to improve immunisation rates
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) expert has highlighted the need to stress the severity and danger of preventable childhood diseases to parents, to improve immunisation rates.
Following the third report on child immunisation rates from...
Bullied, missing school and hungry – reality of many Aussie kids
The Australian Child Wellbeing Project led by Flinders’ Associate Professor Gerry Redmond surveyed more than 5,000 Australian children.
One in ten Australian children miss school at least once a week, almost one in six have...
Too much salt leading to risk of overweight and obese children
An Australian first study of primary schoolchildren by Victorian researchers has found that children eating greater amounts of salt have a greater risk of being overweight or obese.
Of grave concern, the study also found...
Old before your time: Study suggests that ageing begins in the womb
The process of ageing begins even before we are born, according to an international team of researchers, including lead author Dr Beth Allison who has now returned to The Ritchie Centre at Hudson Institute...
Greater productivity & earnings in family-friendly organisations
A QUT Business School study has suggested that the number of work-family programs to support employees an organisation has is key to higher productivity and earnings in gender-diverse workplaces.
The study’s lead researcher, Dr Muhammad...
Greater productivity & earnings in family-friendly organisations
A QUT Business School study has suggested that the number of work-family programs to support employees an organisation has is key to higher productivity and earnings in gender-diverse workplaces.
The study’s lead researcher, Dr Muhammad...
Home education in Australia is on the rise but how to test its success?
A QUT researcher is calling on education departments to take notice of the growing trend of children taught at home and investigate its success or not.
Dr Rebecca English (pictured below), from QUT’s Faculty of...
Grief and compassion in the birthing suite
Midwives devote their careers to delivering healthy newborns into the arms of their parents. But what happens when things go wrong and the long-awaited baby is not born alive?
In Australia, there are an estimated...
