Pregnancy and rheumatoid arthritis
Associate Professor Ilana Ackerman from SPHPM has published an editorial in Rheumatology highlighting the evidence and resource gap for women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are planning a family.
RA is an autoimmune disease that...
Pre-Pregnancy Obesity Increases Odds of Having Overweight Children
Pre-pregnancy obesity and excessive weight gain during pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of the child becoming overweight at age 2. The study also found breastfeeding for at least six months helped reduce...
Healthy diet may reduce high blood pressure risk after gestational diabetes
Sticking to a healthy diet in the years after pregnancy may reduce the risk of high blood pressure among women who had pregnancy-related (gestational) diabetes, according to a study by researchers at the National...
Little wee dribbles and involuntary farts – could I have incontinence?
Incontinence: a smelly and embarrassing problem frequently experienced by your elderly grandmother, right? Well, no actually. You might be surprised to know the person just as likely to experience an embarrassing accident has probably...
Premature babies at greater risk of childhood infection
New research has found children who are born even slightly premature or underweight are more likely to be hospitalised with an infection during their childhood and adolescence.
Researchers from Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and Perth’s...
Free maternity swim program helps mums-to-be stay healthy
Staying healthy during pregnancy and building water confidence with newborns have become a whole lot easier with the launch of an aquatic initiative at The University of Queensland.
The UQ Sport Aquatic Centre Bubble Club...
Increased demand for ‘vaginal seeding’ from new parents despite lack of evidence
Doctors are seeing a rise in the number of parents requesting so-called 'vaginal seeding' for babies born by caesarean section.
The practice, which is also known as microbirthing, involves taking a swab from the...
Increased demand for 'vaginal seeding' from new parents despite lack of evidence
Doctors are seeing a rise in the number of parents requesting so-called 'vaginal seeding' for babies born by caesarean section.
The practice, which is also known as microbirthing, involves taking a swab from the...
Old before your time: Study suggests that ageing begins in the womb
The process of ageing begins even before we are born, according to an international team of researchers, including lead author Dr Beth Allison who has now returned to The Ritchie Centre at Hudson Institute...
Grief and compassion in the birthing suite
Midwives devote their careers to delivering healthy newborns into the arms of their parents. But what happens when things go wrong and the long-awaited baby is not born alive?
In Australia, there are an estimated...
