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Deborah Lehmann Research Award OpportunityThe Deborah Lehmann Research Award in Paediatric Infectious Disease Research is a funding mechanism to support the training and development of early- to mid-career researchers (EMCR) or Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students who are nationals from the Pacific Region working in or outside their hom

For the parent of a child living with diabetes, sleep no longer represents the relaxing slumber that it used to.

Sports coaches across Australia can now access WA-designed sport resources, which aim to help coaches better understand type 1 diabetes (T1D) and encourage children living with the condition to stay in sport.
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Standardising and assessing digital images for use in clinical trials: A practical, reproducible method that blinds the assessor to treatment allocationWe describe the development and evaluation of a protocol for digital image collection by the non-professional photographer in a remote setting research trial
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Family satisfaction following spinal fusion in Rett syndromeFamilies participating in the population-based and longitudinal Australian Rett Syndrome Database whose daughter had undergone spinal fusion provided data on...
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A Genome-wide Association Meta-analysis of Preschool Internalizing ProblemsIn this study, the influence of genome-wide measured single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was investigated in 3 cohorts (total N = 4,596 children) in which...
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High use of complementary and alternative medication among children with autism is not associated with the severity of core symptomsThis study provided evidence for high rate of alternative medicine use in an Australian paediatric ASD population, similar to other countries.
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Characterization of a G1P[8] rotavirus causing an outbreak of gastroenteritis in the Northern Territory, Australia, in the vaccine eraIn 2010, a large outbreak of rotavirus gastroenteritis occurred in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory, Australia.
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The Western Australian family connections genealogical project: Detection of familial occurrences of single gene and chromosomal DisordersThis study utilised a Western Australian (WA) genealogical database for the identification of single gene and chromosome disorders among families.
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Prospective associations between dietary patterns and cognitive performance during adolescenceHigher dietary intake of the 'Western' dietary pattern at age 14 is associated with diminished cognitive performance 3 years later, at 17 years.