Link between high birth weight and heart disease
Babies born with high birth weight may be at increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood, according to a University of Sydney study.
Sydney University’s Dr Skilton said the results demonstrate that young adults who...
Parents urged to be safer with baby slings
With three deaths in Australia associated with baby slings and a new QUT study finding almost one in 20 infants have been injured or narrowly avoided injury in slings, researchers are working with the...
Antidepressants during pregnancy linked to preterm birth
Antidepressant medications taken by pregnant women are associated with increased rates of preterm birth. This finding reinforces the notion that antidepressants should not be used by pregnant women in the absence of a clear...
Should I raise my kids bilingually?
As one in four Australians is now born outside of Australia, many children are growing up with other languages spoken at home. Should parents speak to their child in their first language, or attempt...
Four in 10 infants lack strong parental attachments
In a study of 14,000 U.S. children, 40% lack strong emotional bonds — what psychologists call "secure attachment" — with their parents that are crucial to success later in life, according to a new...
Public smoking bans reduce preterm births and child hospital visits
The introduction of laws banning smoking in public places and workplaces in North America and Europe has been quickly followed by large drops in rates of preterm births and children attending hospital for asthma,...
Many don’t know why breastfeeding is important
A concerning amount of people, especially men, acknowledge that breastfeeding is important to a child’s health – but struggle to identify the reasons why.
As part of a Healthway-funded project, researchers from Curtin analysed data...
Pre-term Birth and Asthma
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston, Massachusetts, in collaboration with investigators at the Maastricht University Medical Centre and Maastricht University School of Public Health in the Netherlands and The University of...
Some metallic toys and low-cost jewellery present health risks for young children
We know that babies and young children often put non-food items in their mouths, a behaviour that occasionally leads to swallowing of foreign objects. Metallic toys and low-cost jewellery often contain toxic substances such...
Passive smoking causes irreversible damage to children’s arteries
Exposure to passive smoking in childhood causes irreversible damage to the structure of children’s arteries, according to a study published online today (Wednesday) in the European Heart Journal.
The thickening of the arteries’ walls associated...
