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Sugary drinks in the spotlightAt The Kids, many of our studies have uncovered significant health risks associated with both high sugar drinks and energy drinks.
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Commitment to Aboriginal Children and Families 2013-2017Earlier this year we launched our Strategic Plan - Working Together 2013-2017. That statement has been developed into the Commitment to Aboriginal Children.
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Distress and psychological morbidity do not reduce over time in carers of patients with high-grade gliomahis study aimed to determine how carer distress and psychological morbidity change over time following a patient's diagnosis of high-grade glioma
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Prenatal and perinatal risks for late language emergence in a population-level sample of twins at age 2This study investigated the extent to which prenatal and perinatal risk factors were associated with LLE in a population-level sample of twins at age 2 without overt disability.
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Social disadvantage the focus for WA child health researchersResearchers from The Kids will play a significant role in investigating - and breaking - the generational cycle of social disadvantage.
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The glycaemic benefits of a very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet in adults with Type 1 diabetes mellitus may be opposed by increased hypoglycaemia risk and dyslipidaemiaThis study provides the first evidence that, ketogenic diets in adults with Type 1 diabetes are associated with excellent HbA1c levels and little glycaemic variability
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Telethon Institute research provides new insights into the cause of asthma attacksTelethon Institute for Child Health Research scientist Dr Anthony Bosco has been recognised for his cutting edge research investigating asthma attacks
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Scholarships awarded to outstanding child health researchersScholarships awarded to outstanding child health researchers
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Migration and work in postwar Australia: mortality profile comparisons between Australian and Italian workers exposed to blue asbestos at Wittenoom330,000 Italians arrived in Australia between 1945 and 1966, many on assisted passage schemes where the worker agreed to a 2 year unskilled employment contract.
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Aboriginal parent support: A partnership approachOur aim was to identify program elements, exploring participants’ perceptions of the program's suitability, feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness.
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New Director's focus on translating research into actionhe new Director of Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research says his focus will be to ensure that high quality research is effectively translated
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Aboriginal children and penicillin injections for rheumatic fever: How much of a problem is injection pain?We explore young Aboriginal people's and clinicians' experience of injection pain for the 10 years of penicillin injections young people are prescribed.
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Telethon Institute Research Director Elected to International RoleProfessor Moira Clay has taken over the reins of a key international body supporting research administrators and managers across Australia and the Asia Pacific.
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“Arguments online, but in school we always act normal”: The embeddedness of early adolescent negative peer interactions within the whole of their offline and online peer interactionsOur aim was to study was to investigate how negative peer interactions on/offline are associated with each and with other daily interactions among adolescents.
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Study Brings Good News For Assisted PregnanciesResearch by The Kids has shown a significant decline in the risk of birth defects amongst WA children born using Assisted Reproductive Technology.
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A review of structural brain abnormalities in Pallister-Killian syndromePKS is a rare multisystem developmental syndrome usually caused by mosaic tetrasomy of chromosome 12p that is known to be associate with neurological defects.
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Exposure to diesel exhaust increases risk of child brain tumoursResearch at Telethon Institute has shown a correlation between brain tumours in young children and their parents' exposure to diesel exhaust fumes before birth.
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The social basis of vaccine questioning and refusal: A qualitative study employing bourdieu’s concepts of ‘capitals’ and ‘habitus’This article is an in-depth analysis of the social nature of vaccine decision-making
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Researchers find new insight into genetics of aggressive cancerResearchers at Telethon Institute have found genetic differences in the rare and aggressive NUT-midline carcinoma, presenting new treatment opportunities.
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Influenza vaccine effectiveness and uptake in children at risk of severe diseaseParticipation in the preschool influenza vaccination program remains low with parents unconvinced of the benefits and safety of influenza vaccine