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Clinicians need to ask questions about drinking in pregnancy to ensure cases of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) are properly diagnosed, a Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) expert has warned. Speaking ahead of an International FASD Awareness Day event on 13 September, MCRI
"It is only by understanding disease burdens and examining patient outcomes that we can improve the services we deliver and the health of our communities." It is with this sentiment in mind that Paediatric Surveillance Officer, Edilson Yano, carries out his research into the country's yearly
Assisted ventilation is crucial to support very preterm babies, however, the treatment often leads to chronic lung disease. While the survival of preterm babies has increased over the past 30 years, rates of chronic lung disease have remained static. Now a team of researchers has found the type of
Children as young as eight are vulnerable to poor body image as hormone levels rise with the onset of puberty, a new study has found.Dr Elizabeth Hughes, the lead author and a research fellow from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and the University of Melbourne, said the study
Together with our partners, the Life's Little Treasures Foundation, we hosted an interactive Facebook Live event on 24 July 2018 in the first of our Prematurity Roadmap series. This time, we were talking all about looking after little lungs with our experts, Prof Lex Doyle and Dr Brett
Melbourne's Murdoch Children's Research Institute, in partnership with Harvard Medical School, has discovered that adolescent health programs across the developing world receive only a tiny share of international aid, even though young people make up 30 per cent of the population of low-income
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
North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network today launched a new campaign hoping to encourage more parents to vaccinate their babies and toddlers to help protect them and others in the community from potentially life-threatening disease. 'It's time to immunise Melbourne' is directly targeted at
Recent antibiotic use in young children may be linked to increased cardiovascular risk, according to a joint study between Utrecht Academic Medical Centre in The Netherlands and Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) in Melbourne. The researchers found that children who received antibiotics
MCRI researchers have analysed teacher-reported data for more than 302,000 Australian children in their first year of primary school and identified a strong correlation between child mental health and learning. The research has been published in the School Mental Health journal. The paper looked
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