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A Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) researcher has been awarded a grant to increase physical activity and movement among adults with cerebral palsy (CP). Dr Carlee Holmes and her team, with the support of the Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) Research Foundation, will investigate the
Understanding what matters to women and communities new to Australia is fundamental to health care reform to end preventable stillbirth in migrant and refugee populations, according to the authors of a Perspective published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia. One-third of all women
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute’s (MCRI) Associate Professor Amanda Gwee has been recognised for identifying an effective scabies medication dosing strategy in young children unable to access current treatments. Associate Professor Gwee was presented with the 2025 Australian Society for
The Victorian government has announced it will train 150 GPs to diagnose and start treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults and children. This decision could shorten wait times and lower costs for people yet to be diagnosed. It will also bring Victoria in line with
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) Professor Sarath Ranganathan has been awarded The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) Research Medal, recognising his outstanding contribution to respiratory medicine and science. Former leader of MCRI’s Respiratory Group Professor
When the pedestrian light turned green, Indigo didn’t think twice before crossing a well-trodden intersection in Melbourne. Indigo, pictured above with her mum Amber, was on her way home after catching up with friends for dinner last May, when a scooter rider running a red light stopped her in
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The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has welcomed the news that children born with the most common form of dwarfism, achondroplasia, will have access to a new life-changing treatment on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The Federal Government this week listed Voxzogo (vosoritide),
People living with cerebral palsy (CP), carers and researchers have joined forces to create an Australian-first kit helping general practitioners better understand and support patients living with the developmental disability. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute's Neurodisability and
Genetic testing has shed new light on the deaths of nearly 500 young Australians and New Zealanders who died from sudden cardiac death in a 3-year period, the New England Journal of Medicine reports today. “Sudden cardiac death in children and young adults has a devastating impact on families,
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