Rheumatic heart disease is responsible for the highest gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians; higher than diabetes or kidney failure.
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Electronic baby simulators given to schoolgirls as part of a sex education program may make teenage girls more, not less, likely to become pregnant, a new Australian study has found.
Liberal Party backbencher Sharman Stone told the Q&A audience that Australia has some of the highest rates per capita of fetal alcohol syndrome in the world. We check the research.
A synthetic version of the hormone oxytocin has been shown to improve social responsiveness among some children with autism.
Scoliosis can affect children of all ages and can have particularly severe effects when it develops early or in association with another medical condition. If the condition progresses and becomes severe…
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Associate Professor and Head of Respiratory Environmental Health, Telethon Kids Institute
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Senior Researcher, Telethon Kids Institute
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Team Leader, Telethon Kids Institute
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Infectious diseases epidemiologist, Telethon Kids Institute
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Perinatal and pediatric epidemiologist; distinguished professorial fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Co-Head, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute
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Post-Doctoral Researcher, Telethon Kids Institute
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NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Researcher, Telethon Kids Institute
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Telethon Kids Institute / Senior lecturer, ANU College of Health and Medicine, Telethon Kids Institute
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Senior Research Officer, Telethon Kids Institute
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Research Development Manager, Telethon Kids Institute
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Research assistant, Telethon Kids Institute
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Senior Research Fellow, Co-Head, Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing, Telethon Kids Institute
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Paediatrician and Vaccine Trials Clinical Research Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
