Reports and Findings
Improved nutrition is the major proven benefit of newborn screening programmes for cystic fibrosis (CF) and is associated with better clinical outcomes.
In light of the obesity epidemic, we aimed to characterize novel childhood adiposity trajectories from birth to age 14 years and to determine their relation...
Vitamin D has been linked in some studies with atopy- and asthma-associated phenotypes in children with established disease,but its role in disease inception...
Hib-primed but MenC-naive toddlers (N = 433) were randomized to receive 1 dose of Hib-MenC-TT or separate Hib-TT and MenC-CRM197 vaccines.
The objective of this tudy was to collaborate with consumer and community representatives in the Alcohol and Pregnancy Project from 2006-2008
In Australia and many other developed countries, acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) is one of the most common reasons for hospitalisation in young...
Characterization of the complete IgE binding spectrum of cat allergens is important for the development of improved diagnosis and effective immunotherapeutics.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the commonest childhood malignancy in Australian children
Group B streptococcus (GBS) is an important cause of early- and late-onset sepsis in the newborn. Preterm infants have markedly increased susceptibility...
This study used densitometry to investigate the areal bone mineral density (aBMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) in an Australian Rett syndrome cohort...
The asbestos and ovarian cancer relationship is not well understood because of small numbers of women exposed to asbestos, small numbers of cases...
The objective of this study was to compare international trends in pre-eclampsia rates and in overall pregnancy hypertension rates...
The capacity to generate an efficient innate immune response is pivotal for survival.
It is well established that smoking rates in people with common mental disorders such as anxiety or depressive disorders are much higher than in people...
There is a high prevalence of mental health problems amongst adolescents
Previous randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) are beneficial in reducing symptoms of depression.
The respiratory tract is an attractive target for the delivery of vaccine antigens.
Exhaled breath temperature (EBT) has been proposed for the non-invasive assessment of airway inflammation
There is an increasing support from international organizations and the research community for stepping beyond infant or child mortality as the most common...