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The goal was to examine the associations between dose, pattern, and timing of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and birth defects.
Alcohol exposure in pregnancy is a common and modifiable risk factor for poor pregnancy and child outcomes.
Increasing evidence suggests that breastfeeding may protect from childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia. However, most studies have limited their analyses to any breastfeeding, and only a few data have examined exclusive breastfeeding, or other exposures such as formula milk.
Protracted international conflict has seen escalating numbers of displaced and resettled Syrian and Iraqi refugees, raising concerns for their health and well-being. This paper describes the demographic and clinical profiles of recently resettled Syrian and Iraqi refugee children and adolescents across physical, psychosocial, developmental and educational domains using standardised multidisciplinary assessments.
A higher than expected proportion of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders had gross motor scores that indicated impairment and need for therapy
Parents with a child diagnosed with an OFC ± additional minor anomalies only can be reassured that the OFC does not influence survival rates in infancy
We investigated the prevalence of UDT and examined rates of surgery and age at surgery in an Australian population.
This study aimed to measure the effectiveness of three interventions designed to increase the duration of breastfeeding among new parents in urban areas.
Despite high breastfeeding initiation rates in Australia, few mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants to six months. This is particularly evident in...
The Rural Infant Feeding Study aimed to describe the factors associated with breastfeeding practice from birth to 12 months of age in rural Western Australia.