Pregnant and breastfeeding women needed for iodine nutrition study
Are you currently pregnant or breastfeeding your child or do you know someone who is?
The University’s Menzies Research Institute Tasmania is conducting a study investigating the level of knowledge among Tasmanian women about iodine...
Kids and smartphones – what’s the risk?
A new European study examining the risks in children using smartphones to access the internet is a warning for Australian parents.
Professor Lelia Green from the School of Communications and Arts is a co-author of...
Kids and smartphones – what's the risk?
A new European study examining the risks in children using smartphones to access the internet is a warning for Australian parents.
Professor Lelia Green from the School of Communications and Arts is a co-author of...
Impact of bullying on young people with cerebral palsy
Louisa Salmon knows only too well the different challenges faced by people with severe disability, and now she’s exploring how bullying may be impacting on their lives.
Louisa is completing a PhD in psychology through...
Students can help create healthy neighbourhoods for young people
Teens of today are being offered the power to potentially help map out the future shape and design of Australia's capital cities.
More than 1300 secondary students across Melbourne have a chance to become participants...
Excess weight gain during pregnancy and self-control
Deakin University psychology researchers are undertaking a world-first study into why pregnant women struggle to maintain a healthy diet despite being highly motivated to do so, and are calling on pregnant women across Australia to...
Remember when you believed anything and everything?
Children's tendencies to being tricked, fooled and misled by their peers are being investigated by researchers from The University of Western Australia.
And the researchers want parents of primary school-aged children across Australia to help...
New study will discover why women freeze their eggs
A new study will explore the reasons why women freeze their eggs for non-medical reasons.
Researchers from the Jean Hailes Research Unit at Monash University, Melbourne IVF and the University of Melbourne, hope to survey women...
Strategic program helps families counter depression and anxiety
A new program aimed at reducing the impact of parents’ anxiety or depression on the family is being trialled in Australia.
The Let’s Talk about Children program is being offered to parents by researchers at the Krongold Centre at...
Australian mums needed to help prevent diabetes
Deakin University researchers are recruiting 1000 mums who experienced diabetes during pregnancy to participate in a national survey that aims to reduce their risks of going on to later develop type 2 diabetes.
Studies show...
