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Term 3 school holiday workshops at ScitechEverything you need to know to book tickets to our upcoming school holiday workshops held at Scitech!
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Fun workshops for kids in the July school holidaysThe July school holidays are just around the corner and with it comes another exciting program of school holiday workshops for kids!
Working alongside the Healthy Skin & ARF Prevention team, clinicians and other researchers; Elder researchers and community members have driven the co-design of healthy skin promotion resources localised to their community.
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New eczema storybook to promote healthy skinA children’s book – written by community, for community – has been launched in Western Australia’s south-west to help children and families understand more about one of the most common inflammatory skin conditions in children.
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Wal-yan researchers welcomed at scientific meeting in New ZealandMore than 14 researchers from the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre will be welcomed as presenters and facilitators at The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and The Australia and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science (TSANZSRS) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) this weekend.
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News you can use: how to cope with burnoutWith the school year now well underway, it’s not uncommon for kids to start feeling the stress of assignments, homework and extracurricular activities.
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Exercise training to address lifelong consequences of preterm birth: a survey of perceived needsThe identification of a COPD etiotype associated with preterm birth (COPD-developmental) has expedited calls for intervention strategies that may improve health outcomes for survivors of preterm birth (<37 weeks' gestation). Pulmonary-rehabilitation style training interventions achieve physiological and symptom improvement in older people with COPD, but whether similar training interventions are suitable for young people is unclear. We sought to understand the perceived need and requirements of an exercise training intervention for children, adolescents and adults born preterm.
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Superviruses to fight superbugs: Perth's first phage manufacturing facility is officially openPatients battling antibiotic-resistant superbugs will soon have access to life-saving WA-made therapies that could help treat lung, skin and ear infections as well as bacterial infections like Golden Staph. Western Australia's inaugural phage manufacturing facility – spearheaded by a team at the
Representing a 30-year interdisciplinary collaboration between The Kids, Perth Children’s Hospital, and WA Universities, the combined global impact of work from this Centre over the last 10 years has equalled some of the most influential paediatric centres around the world.
Our Children’s Respiratory Science team is currently seeking research buddies to provide a community perspective on research into childhood asthma attacks.