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Sleeping problems are common in babies with over one-third having trouble settling to sleep at the start of...

About 200 million people worldwide suffer from the highly infectious tropical skin disease scabies at any...

In 1973 Melbourne, Professor Ruth Bishop identified rotavirus as the cause of severe...

Bone marrow transplants replace diseased or cancerous bone marrow with healthy bone marrow to treat...

Diagnosing newborns with rare but serious medical conditions enables early intervention and treatment,...

Approximately 1.7 million Australians have kidney disease. The potential toxicity of new drugs is a major...

Hearing loss affects up to three in every 1000 newborns. It is the most common congenital condition...

While many sports modify rules to reduce contact among younger players, one in five children is affected by...

Peanut allergy is the most common cause of the life-threatening allergic reaction anaphylaxis and is more...

Children and adolescents account for one in five COVID-19 cases in Australia but hospital admissions are...

Achondroplasia is the most common type of dwarfism and affects about one in 25,000 babies born in Australia.