Maternal placenta consumption causes no harm to newborns
The largest study of its kind found mothers who consumed their placenta passed on no harm to their newborn babies when compared to infants of mothers who did not consume their placenta.
The joint study...
Women should have right to reject pregnancy, experts say
Laws should not force women to risk death and injury by having a baby, according to a Queensland University of Technology legal academic who has says abortion can be decriminalised without society and governments...
The DES saga: Death risk high for young women exposed in utero
A letter from three University of Chicago researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine updates a 47-year-old series of reports on the risks of exposure during pregnancy to a supplement, diethylstilboestrol (DES), that was once...
Backpacks not to blame for back pain in kids
It’s a weighty topic, but new research from the University of Sydney suggests schoolbags do not cause back pain in children and adolescents.
The study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, reviewed 69 studies on...
Women who eat fast food take longer to become pregnant
Women who eat less fruit and more fast food take longer to get pregnant and are less likely to conceive within a year, according to a study by researchers at the University of Adelaide’s...
Children eating less salt, but still a long way to go
A new study has found promising signs that Australian children are eating less salt, but researchers say much more needs to be done if Australia is to meet the Federal Government's commitment to reach...
Napping can help tired teens’ performance in school
Teenagers and sleep. It’s certainly a passionate subject for many parents. University of Delaware’s Xiaopeng Ji is investigating the relationship between midday-napping behaviours and neurocognitive function in early adolescents.
In a study funded by the...
Napping can help tired teens' performance in school
Teenagers and sleep. It’s certainly a passionate subject for many parents. University of Delaware’s Xiaopeng Ji is investigating the relationship between midday-napping behaviours and neurocognitive function in early adolescents.
In a study funded by the...
Community efforts to prevent teen problems have lasting benefits
Want to prevent kids from using drugs and make it stick into young adulthood? Get the community involved and intervene before they're teens, say researchers from the University of Washington.
A new, longitudinal study from...
Brains of young people with severe behavioural problems are ‘wired differently’
Research has revealed new clues which might help explain why young people with the most severe forms of antisocial behaviour struggle to control and regulate their emotions, and might be more susceptible to developing...
