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...
Effective drugs to stop bleeding after childbirth
New evidence from a Cochrane review, led by a University of Birmingham scientist, suggests that alternative drugs may be more effective than the standard drug currently used to stop women bleeding after childbirth.
Bleeding after birth, also...
Parechovirus epidemic affecting infants needs action: experts
In the Medical Journal of Australia, experts say there are no effective antiviral therapies, so treatment is primarily supportive, including management of complications. Some infants with severe HPeV infection may have adverse neurodevelopment.
Severe disease...
Looking beyond peer influence on teen substance use
Parents and adults spend a lot of time worrying about the influence of friends and peers when it comes to teen substance use – drinking alcohol, binge drinking, marijuana use and other illicit drugs....
Parents may help prep kids for healthier, less violent relationships
Warm, nurturing parents may pass along strategies for building and maintaining positive relationships to their kids, setting them up for healthier, less-violent romantic relationships as young adults, according to researchers.
Researchers found that when adolescents...
Junk food ads lead to overeating capable of driving unhealthy weight gain in children
Children eat more food after watching unhealthy food advertising and don’t compensate by eating less at later meals, a world-first study by University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers has found.
On average, the daily food intake...
Kids exposed to general anaesthetic do poorer on numeracy, literacy tests
Exposure to general anaesthetic up to age 4 raises the risk of poor child development and reduced literacy and numeracy as measured by school tests, new research led by the University of Sydney reveals.
The...
Alcohol adverts may be in breach of advertising code
A study of young drinkers’ responses to alcohol advertising has found that not only are current advertisements highly appealing to young people, they appear to use actors who are perceived as being under the...
Dairy study shows how much better grass-fed milk really is
Australian dairy cows are among the world’s best producers of milk rich in good fatty acids simply because they graze in paddocks, says the head of organics research at Southern Cross University.
Professor Carlo Leifert...
Brain development influenced by the immune system
University of Queensland researchers have highlighted a link between foetal brain development and the origins of developmental diseases such as schizophrenia.
UQ Faculty of Medicine’s Dr Liam Coulthard said many adult diseases originated during foetal...
