Lazy eye disorder treated with video game
A research team led by Dr. Robert Hess from McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has used the popular puzzle video game Tetris in an innovative approach...
The long term negative impacts of childhood meningitis
In a study that included nearly 3,000 adults from Denmark, a diagnosis of meningococcal, pneumococcal, or Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in childhood was associated with lower educational achievement and economic self-sufficiency in adult life, according...
Fainting may run in the family
A new University of Melbourne and Austin Health led study has revealed further insight into fainting showing the phenomenon may be genetic and, in some families, only one gene may be responsible. However, a...
Video game addiction needs standard definition
Researchers at the University of Adelaide say treatment for people affected by video game "addiction" would be improved if a standard definition of the problem were adopted by psychologists.
Dr Daniel King, a Senior Research...
Tackling the allergy epidemic
Allergic disease already affects one in five Australians, but experts warn this could rise by 70% to one in four by 2050 unless prevention strategies are developed now.
In response to the dramatic rise in...
NSW: Vaccination App to keep families on track
NSW Health is making it easier for parents to ensure their children are fully immunised on time with an innovative App that will help ensure they are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases such as whooping...
Pre-college talk between parents and teens likely to lessen college drinking
Teenage college students are significantly more likely to abstain from drinking or to drink only minimally when their parents talk to them before they start college, using suggestions in a parent handbook developed by...
Women abused as children more likely to have children with autism
Women who experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse as children are more likely to have a child with autism than women who were not abused, according to a new study from Harvard School of...
Protective properties of influenza vaccines
Collaborating scientists from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified an important mechanism for stimulating protective immune responses following seasonal influenza vaccinations. The study was...
Shaky ground when it comes to circumcision
The recent stance taken by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on the circumcision of infants is guilty of cultural bias and selective evidence, and is ultimately “untenable,” argue a human rights lawyer and...
