Playing smartphone app aids concussion recovery in teens
In an effort to minimise activity and allow the brain time to rest and heal, doctors advise patients who’ve suffered concussions to avoid screen time on computers, televisions, tablets and smartphones. But during a recent...
Video games’ benefits
New research by Bond University and the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) has shown video and computer games are no longer just about entertainment. Games are being used in a wide variety of...
School program proves obesity prevention can work
A unique approach to obesity prevention has helped schools in the ACT reduce the number of students who are overweight or obese, and even had a positive effect on mental health.
The 'It's Your Move!'...
Parenting support programs help parents follow medical advice
An “alarming” number of families do not stick to treatment plans for their children’s long-term health conditions – and University of Queensland researchers are determined to help turn the trend around.
Associate Professor Alina Morawska...
Hearing loss rates holding steady for U.S. teens
There's good and bad news from a new study on the noise blasted in American teenagers' ears -- more kids are listening to music via earphones than ever before, but rates of hearing loss...
Cardiometabolic risk factors to help obese kids
Because obesity affects one in six U.S. children and adolescents, there is a pressing need to identify the subset of overweight or obese kids at the highest risk of developing cardiovascular and metabolic complications...
US teens may be missing vaccines because parents aren’t aware they need one
Parents may be up to speed on what vaccines their children need for kindergarten, but may be less sure during high school years, a new national poll suggests.
More than a third of US parents...
Very preterm birth not associated with mood or anxiety disorders
Do very-preterm or very-low-weight babies develop anxiety and mood disorders later in life? Julia Jaekel, assistant professor of child and family studies at UT, and Dieter Wolke, professor of psychology at the University of...
A life changing journey for an adolescent with autism
Looking at the positive change for an adolescent boy with autism and his family while travelling through Africa has been the focus of a Griffith University research study.
Now the focus of an ABC documentary...
Finding positive permanent homes for foster kids
Queensland foster and kin carers are being asked to take part in a survey to identify positive ways to give kids a chance of a permanent home.
Leith Harding, from QUT’s School of Psychology and...
