Niamh Troy reports on her new research, that boosting babies’ immune systems can protect them from serious lung infections. Babies who get bad lung infections are at higher risk of developing asthma later on, a condition that affects 10% of Australian kids and costs Australia A$28...
The two books below are my featured books, writes Margaret Hamilton, because they deserve special attention but the others I received from publishers coming out in March— all special in themselves. The Tree Of Ecstasy And Unbearable Sadness by Matt Ottley. RRP $39.99 (Dirt Lane Press). Words...
Edmund Wedam Kanmiki, Abdullah Mamun and Yaqoot Fatima, report it could be setting kids up for a lifetime of health issues. School holidays can be a special time for extended families to gather. Children may see their grandparents at seasonal gatherings or as part of childcare...
A Murdoch Children's Research study found a COVID infection left some children with difficulty sleeping, having nightmares and withdrawing from friends. Research at a Glance: The research has outlined the significant toll of the pandemic on children’s mental well-being, academic results and physical health. But it...
Autism is still underdiagnosed in girls and women, report Tamara May and Carol A Adams. That can compound the challenges they face. Being autistic, but not diagnosed, can lead to a lifetime of struggles and being misunderstood for women. This issue has been highlighted in the last...
Lucy Treloar regards head lice as a great leveller, although they do precipitate the odd social crisis. My youngest son is standing leaning against the kitchen sink, his head bowed away from me. I’m looking intently, very, very intently, into the furrows I’m ploughing through his...
Recent discoveries about brain development have gone some way towards unlocking the mysteries of the teenage mind, writes Dr Tom Whelan. The word puberty is derived from the Latin ‘pubescere’ which means ‘to grow hairy’. As such, it accurately signifies the beginnings of that strange and...
Mother Emily Shepard leads the way for kids losing their sight and hearing to a little-known genetic condition with no cure. “Why would you want to know?” I’d asked our ophthalmologist when she thought my son, Louis, then three, might lose his sight. He’d been diagnosed with...
Researchers, Christopher Mayes, Deana Leahy and Kristen Lyons ask "Has selling ‘good bugs not drugs’ for kids’ health gone too far?" Does your child have a “gut-friendly” lunchbox? It’s Healthy Lunchbox Week, a back-to-school initiative of Nutrition Australia. School lunches are essential for long-term child health...
Here’s how you and your child’s school can help, report Christine Grové and Kelly-Ann Allen With COVID-related school closures and long periods of remote learning, many kids across Australia have not physically been at school for most of the past two years. Because of the...
