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Sleeping problems are common in babies with over one-third having trouble settling to sleep at the start of the night, waking overnight, or both.
About 200 million people worldwide suffer from the highly infectious tropical skin disease scabies at any one time with about 455 million new cases every year. Rates are high in many Pacific nations, parts of South America, Africa, and Australian Indigenous communities where up to half the children
In 1973 Melbourne, Professor Ruth Bishop identified rotavirus as the cause of severe gastroenteritis. Years later, a safe rotavirus vaccine enabled gastroenteritis wards in Australian hospitals to close, but worldwide the diarrhoeal disease still kills almost 250,000 children aged under five every
Bone marrow transplants replace diseased or cancerous bone marrow with healthy bone marrow to treat diseases including leukemia, lymphoma, and immune deficiency disorders.
Diagnosing newborns with rare but serious medical conditions enables early intervention and treatment, giving them the best chance at a healthier life.
Approximately 1.7 million Australians have kidney disease. The potential toxicity of new drugs is a major problem in the search for better treatments. A safer way is needed to test new therapies, especially in children, to avoid additional risk or harm.
Adults who have been conceived through use of IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have mostly grown up as healthy individuals. Hear from lead researcher Professor Jane Halliday, Mum Leanne Vink and her IVF-conceived daughter Olivia who participated in the world's largest
Being transgender or gender diverse (collectively described as being trans) is part of the natural spectrum of human diversity. Transgender children and adolescents do not identify with the gender presumed for them at birth, and ongoing research is helping to better support their lifelonghealth and
Thrombosis occurs when a blood clot forms in the blood’s circulatory system, stopping blood from flowing properly around the body.
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