Researchers have developed a potential alternative for needle vaccinations, successfully trialling a method in which people can inhale a vaccine to be safeguarded against potential infections.
How stringently schools enforced their alcohol policies predicted student alcohol use at school, a study by Murdoch Children's Research Institute has found.
Children who have an earlier onset of puberty have poorer mental health from as early as preschool age, a new study by Murdoch Children's Research Institute has found.
Although current guidelines regarding confidentiality within psychological practice are internationally consistent, many Australian psychologists still disagree on when they would breach confidentiality when dealing with adolescents, a new study by Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Swinburne University of Technology has found.
Premature birth rates have risen in the last two decades in Australia, and the rates continue to rise. Late preterm babies- babies born between 34 and 36 weeks- account for 70% of all preterm births, which translates to about 16,000 births annually in Australia.
A groundbreaking study by Murdoch Children's Research Institute has shown unequivocally for the first time that the environment experienced in the womb may have a greater effect on our future health than previously thought - and more of an effect than our DNA and the health and lifestyle of our mothers while pregnant.
A study by Murdoch Children's Research Institute has found that women's risk of getting multiple sclerosis (MS), drops as the number of pregnancies they have had increases.
Researchers from Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT have discovered a new genetic defect that can lead to Leigh syndrome, a rare and potentially fatal neurometabolic disorder that affects the central nervous system.
Researchers at Murdoch Children's Research Institute have discovered that toddlers who later go on to be diagnosed with autism use fewer gestures, in findings that may revolutionise the way in which autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is screened.
