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Alcohol Health Warnings Protect Mums and BabiesResearchers at Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research support calls for mandatory health warning labels on alcohol products.
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Proactive measures at Banksia Hill welcomedWe welcome the Cook Labor Government’s plan to introduce proactive measures to improve the safety and welfare of children and young people within the State’s youth justice system.
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The Kids researchers awarded Raine Medical Research Foundation fundingCongratulations to three The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers, who have been awarded funding from the Raine Medical Research Foundation.
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New Opportunities for Evidence in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderRecent research, using objective 3-dimensional facial imaging, has found differences between the facial shape of individuals with FAS and the facial shape of individuals without FAS or with partial FAS
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The Kids Researchers to explore NEC Artificial Intelligence technologies for new medical diagnostic toolsThe Kids has signed an MoU with leading technology developer NEC Australia to explore opportunities to apply NEC’s AI technologies in our medical research.
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Call for mandatory pregnancy health warning labelling on alcoholic beveragesPerth’s The Kids Research Institute Australia has welcomed the McGowan Government’s call today for the immediate implementation of mandatory pregnancy health warning labels.
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Action welcomed on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersThe Telethon Kids Institute has welcomed the expansion of clinical services for young people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men: A discussion to be hadFetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a lifelong disability of varying severity that occurs among individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol. Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians, the effects of colonisation and ongoing racism could increase the risk of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
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Development of a Model of Care resource for FASD in the justice systemThis article describes the development of a Model of Care resource to support youth involved with the justice system where a neurodevelopmental disability such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is suspected. Service staff within the Youth Justice sector were engaged in an iterative process of resource development over a 9-month period.