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Everyone has an opinion on infant colic. But what new parents really need is reassurance and facts. In the latest issue of Australian Prescriber, Murdoch Children's Research Institute research fellow Dr Valerie Sung discusses the latest thinking on colic, one of the most common conditions
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 by a simple nasal spray being trialed by Melbourne researchers. Lead researcher Dr Kirsten Perrett, from the Murdoch Children's Research
New MCRI research shows how skin-to-skin contact between a parent and child, helps the lungs of babies in neonatal intensive care fill with air.Using world-first lung imaging methods, MCRI researcher Dr Nick Schinckel showed that skin-to-skin care, where a baby is placed on their parents' bare
Around 200 million people worldwide are affected by scabies at any one time, with an estimated 455 million new cases each year. Rates are particularly high in many Pacific nations and in parts of South America and Africa. In some remote Australian Indigenous communities, scabies remains highly
Achondroplasia is the most common type of dwarfism and affects about one in 25,000 babies born in Australia.
Obesity is when a person has too much body fat. Being overweight or obese puts children and adolescents at higher risk of current and future health problems.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that is present from birth and caused by disruption to early brain development. Find out more about Autism.
Help raise funds to support epilepsy research at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute by supporting team ‘BroStorm’. Team ‘BroStorm’ is made up of brother-in-laws Ben Lyons and Chris Napier, who are participating in ‘The Hunt 1000’ – an unsupported off-road cycling
We are exploring the mental health of teenagers with cystic fibrosis to establish a more targeted treatment approach to this crisis.
Testing new treatments for genetic skeletal disorders and improving rapid diagnoses for neurogenetic disorders are among the Murdoch Children's Research Institute projects to secure new Federal Government researcher grants. Associate Professor Shireen Lamande and Professor Paul Lockhart have
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