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Girls in primary school are just as physically capable as their male classmates, our research shows.
The high-profile Charlie Gard case could change the way end-of-life decisions play out around the world.
As the latest controversy about tunnel exhaust stacks and respiratory health plays out in the media, some community members are proposing solutions that just don’t make sense.
There’s more to Tourette syndrome than swearing and shouting. Over the last several years, many life-altering treatments of this tic disorder have become available to patients and their families.
Having trouble getting your kids to eat? Here are six things you could do at the table, and before, to make meal times a bit less stressful.
Hospitals sometimes recommend women express milk towards the end of their pregnancies. But it’s not suitable for all.
New research into the health of newly arrived refugee children in Australia gives us clues about how we can help all refugee kids.
It is our view vitamin “gummies” that contain food acids, and have a high sugar content, are not medicines consumers need and their sale should be prohibited on public health grounds.
Lunchtime is one more lesson on what a healthy meal should look like.
Shape-shifting bodies. Cracking voices. Hairs sprouting in new places. Why do some children enter puberty early?
Wider availability of the cystic fibrosis drug Kalydeco since May 1, 2017 means younger patients can now access it.
The cosy relationship between big sporting events and alcohol brands flexes too much muscle – and young people are suffering for it.
Our Easter chocolate tradition is costing our waistlines, our health and our economy. So what can we do to wrestle back Easter from the chocolate industry?
A push for all unvaccinated kids to be excluded from day care is coercive, punishes families and has no evidence to back it. Here’s what we can do instead to boost vaccination rates.
Why we need more physical activity in the classroom.
Female genital mutilation is largely hidden in Australia and other high-income countries. But the United Nations says it is a global concern – and our research found it does affect girls here.
For the majority of children, in-toe or out-toe walking is just part of growth.
There’s no good reason why diagnosis rates differ. And it may be down to gender discrimination.
A UK court has allowed a 14-year-old girl’s body to be frozen until doctors find a cure for the cancer that killed her. Is this latest example of cryogenics hope, hype or hell?
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Health & Physical Education (Adj.), Charles Sturt University
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Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Paediatrician and Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor (conjoint), Children's Cancer Institute
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Paediatric dentist, Senior Lecturer and Clinician-Scientist Fellow, MCRI and University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Principal Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
