Seasonal Influenza Vaccination 2017
The annual National Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Program will commence in April 2017.
Annual seasonal influenza vaccination is recommended for any person aged 6 months and over who wishes to reduce the likelihood of becoming ill with influenza. Australian Government advice and recommendations on...
More Extremely Preterm Babies Survive
Babies born at just 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy continue to have sobering outlooks - only about 1 in 3 survive.
But according to a new study led by Duke Health and appearing Feb. 16 in...
The reasons for our left or right-handedness
Unlike hitherto assumed, the cause is not to be found in the brain.
It is not the brain that determines if people are right or left-handed, but the spinal cord. This has been inferred from...
Post breastfeeding tissue remodelling explained by new research
A ground-breaking study into the changes that occur in a woman’s breast, from growing into one that provides milk for a new-born, and then back to its normal state, has discovered that milk-producing cells...
Early indicators of preterm birth
A new study could pave the way for a simple blood or saliva test to predict whether an expectant mother is likely to have a preterm birth.
Dr Carlos Salomon from The University of Queensland and Dr Ramkumar Menon from...
Winning the war: How to persuade children to eat more veggies
Getting children to eat their vegetables might not be an endless battle if parents follow some research-based advice from a nutrition expert at Kansas State University.
Getting kids used to vegetables can start in the...
Background Noise May Hinder Toddlers’ Ability To Learn Words
The environments children are in, including how much and what kinds of stimulation they are exposed to, influence what and how they learn. One important task for children is zeroing in on the information...
Male infant circumcision has a 200 to one risk-benefit: research
There is a 200 to 1 risk-benefit in favour of infant male circumcision compared to the lifetime risk of being an uncircumcised male, a new study in World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics reveals.
The new study by researchers at...
Homeopathic teething products
The TGA has completed its testing of samples of teething gels as discussed below and has not identified any quality issues.
Levels of atropine, the primary alkaloid present in belladonna, were found to be well...
Are you ready to explore your baby’s genome?
Clinical geneticists are part of a national consortium of researchers studying the pros and cons of genome sequencing for newborn health.
When you have a baby, a nurse or phlebotomist performs a heel stick to...
