All posts tagged "children"

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  Research to define early childhood educator excellence

  New research led by Charles Sturt University (CSU) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will focus on the nature and context of...

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  Suicidal behaviour a hidden danger for 14-15 year olds

  New research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies has recorded high rates of self-harm and suicidal behaviour among Australian teenagers.

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  Innovation key to improving childhood brain cancer survival

  A new clinical trial that could transform paediatric brain cancer outcomes has been fast-tracked to commence recruitment of eligible children in Australia.

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  Game-based technology to spot child hearing loss

  For Hearing Awareness Week 2017, Aussie start-up Sound Scouts and research partner, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, is reminding Australian...

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  Virtual reality to help during medical procedures

  Monash University and Monash Children’s Hospital researchers are conducting the world’s largest study of virtual reality headsets to improve the experience of...

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  Children can leave hospital sooner

  Experts have found that some children with severe infections requiring intravenous (through the vein) (IV) antibiotics, can safely have these at home...

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  Behaviours can be inherited from social environment

  The different ways men and women behave, passed down from generation to generation, can be inherited from our social environment – not...

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  Research into baby sleep routines to save lives

  USC research team is conducting one of the largest studies ever into sudden and unexpected infant deaths in Queensland.

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  Grant to support budding scientists

  A Lotterywest grant of $250,000 will help Scitech engage and educate Western Australia’s youngest budding scientists.

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  Disadvantaged kids may be at higher risk for heart disease later in life

  Children from socially and economically disadvantaged families and neighborhoods appear more likely to have thicker carotid artery walls, which in adults may...