Paediatrics

Doctors from leading Australian institutions including The University of Queensland  have called on the government to implement a national action plan to fight one of

Mental health professionals working with children should consider incorporating outside-the-box therapies into their treatment plans to help ease the natural fears and anxiety

A new study has found that offering children a wide variety and large quantities of snack food encourages them to eat more – and this practice may be contributing to

“The risks of self-harm, suicidal thoughts and behaviours, and peer and emotional problems are particularly heightened in LGBQ youth – emphasising the need for

More than a third of what Australian children and adults eat and drink each day are unhealthy foods – which is up to three times higher than public health recommendations.

Extreme weather is linked to childhood gastro and better protections are needed, a new global study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found. 

A new research project led by Dr Julie Choisne at the University of Auckland aims to prevent bone deformation in children with cerebral palsy, and the hip, knee and ankle

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is running a pilot study to investigate using medicinal cannabis instead of conventional medication when treating severe behaviour

Emergency medicine doctors around the world now have a better way to treat severe epileptic seizures in children, thanks to a New Zealand-Australian study.

Only around 5% of children in NSW eat enough vegetables. In an effort to change this statistic, primary schools across NSW will be coming together to encourage

Each year more than 40,000 people have their tonsils out – it is the most common elective childhood operation in Australia – but this number could be reduced

Researchers and health professionals have produced the first rehabilitation guidelines in Australia to help children who have had a stroke*. Somewhere between 100 to

New research has found a positive and significant association between cardiorespiratory fitness and academic achievement, meaning the fitter you are the higher your grades.

Tasmania's health department is urging pregnant women to get vaccinated against whooping cough after a recent spike in the disease. Pregnant

New University of Sydney research shows bottles, dummies, and thumb sucking in the early years of life do not cause or worsen phonological impairment, the most common type

University of the Sunshine Coast researchers are about to embark on the most ambitious long-term study of the adolescent brain, and they’re calling on 500 local youths

Researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) have found a link between the mental health of five year olds and their ability to learn at school.

Removing a child's tonsils and adenoids is associated with significant long-term risks of respiratory, allergic and infectious diseases, a study has found.

An over-sterile germ-free environment in the first year of life is one of the major causal factors behind childhood

Three of Australia's leading children's hospitals have published a joint statement that examines whether anaesthesia affects a child's developing brain.