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A reduction in reported alcohol use in pregnancy in Australian Aboriginal communities: a prevention campaign showing promiseGlenn Martyn Pearson Symons BA (Education) PhD Candidate B.A. (Hons) PhD. Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership; Head, First Nations
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The plural of anecdote is not data, please mind the gapThe COVID-19 pandemic introduced challenges to everyone in society but particularly so to every aspect of medical practice. It is bewildering how quickly the profession has had to respond to rapidly changing clinical landscape. Our well-established methods involve collecting and analyzing data to generate an evidence base which is then disseminated and implemented into routine clinical practice.
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Human erythroleukemia genetics and transcriptomes identify master transcription factors as functional disease driversAcute erythroleukemia (AEL or acute myeloid leukemia [AML]-M6) is a rare but aggressive hematologic malignancy. Previous studies showed that AEL leukemic cells often carry complex karyotypes and mutations in known AML-associated oncogenes.
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Global consensus on nutritional rickets: Implications for AustraliaWe conclude that updated global recommendations for therapy of nutritional rickets complement previously published position statements for Australia and New Zealand
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Measuring early childhood development with The Early Human Capability Index (eHCI): a reliability and validity study in ChinaWith the importance of early childhood development more recognized by the international society, low-cost and cross-culturally comparable measures of early childhood development is in great demand, both in China and worldwide. In this study, we aim to test the psychometrics of the Chinese version of The Early Human Capability Index (eHCI), which is designed as a measurement for school readiness in large population.
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Early analysis of the Australian Covid-19 epidemicAs of 1 May 2020, there had been 6808 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia. Of these, 98 had died from the disease. The epidemic had been in decline since mid-March, with 308 cases confirmed nationally since 14 April.
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Spotting sporotrichosis skin infection: The first Australian paediatric case seriesThese data highlight the importance of recognising Sporotrichosis in children outside an outbreak setting
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Lessons learned in genetic research with Indigenous Australian participantsWe reflect on the lessons learned from a recent genome‐wide association study of rheumatic heart disease with Aboriginal Australian participants
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Oestrogen amplifies pre-existing atopy-associated Th2 bias in an experimental asthma modelThe role of oestrogen in experimental atopic asthma, and guide future research on sex-related variations in atopic asthma susceptibility/intensity
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Simultaneous Targeting of DNA Replication and Homologous Recombination in Glioblastoma with a Polyether IonophoreOur findings highlight the potential of salinomycin to induce DNA lesions and inhibit homologous recombination to greatly enhance the effect of radiotherapy