Too Much Stress for the Mother Affects the Baby
If the mother is stressed over a longer period of time during pregnancy, the concentration of stress hormones in amniotic fluid rises, as proven by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of...
Overcoming Workplace Barriers to Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is widely recommended as the best nutrition for infants, providing health benefits for babies and mothers alike. As such, measures to encourage breastfeeding have the potential to lower healthcare costs. "Society in general...
Expressing breastmilk in pregnancy to prevent diabetes
A world first study has found that women with diabetes in a low-risk pregnancy can safely express breast milk in late pregnancy, with the study dispelling concerns that the practice could cause harm to...
Simpler standard for baby dummies and dummy chains
Babies’ dummies and dummy chains will be subject to a single product safety standard following a review by the consumer watchdog, Small Business Minister Michael McCormack says.
“Dummies and dummy chains are an essential part...
Hyland’s Baby homeopathic teething tablets
Consumers and health professionals are advised that Kadac, in consultation with the TGA, is recalling all batches of Hyland's Baby teething tablets and Hyland's Baby nighttime teething tablets.
Hyland's Baby homeopathic teething tablets are complementary medicines marketed...
Hyland's Baby homeopathic teething tablets
Consumers and health professionals are advised that Kadac, in consultation with the TGA, is recalling all batches of Hyland's Baby teething tablets and Hyland's Baby nighttime teething tablets.
Hyland's Baby homeopathic teething tablets are complementary medicines marketed...
Parents’ Use of Emotional Feeding Increases Emotional Eating in School-Age Children
Emotional eating—eating when you feel sad or upset or in response to another negative mood—is not uncommon in children and adolescents, but why youth eat emotionally has been unclear. Now a new longitudinal study...
Vaccination and alternative medicine
Childhood immunisation has been one of the last century’s most successful public health measures. Yet, for some, vaccination remains a highly politicised and contentious issue. Naturopath, academic and former nurse Jon Wardle reveals how...
Mothers who vape during pregnancy put babies at asthma risk
A UTS-led study of the effects of smoking electronic cigarettes during pregnancy has been hailed by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) in its stand against legalising nicotine in e-cigarettes.
Using a...
Vaccine views study
A new La Trobe University research project is examining why some people support and others oppose childhood vaccinations.
Lead researcher Tom Rozbroj from La Trobe’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society is surveying...
