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The association between otitis media in early childhood with later behaviour and attention problems: A longitudinal pregnancy cohort

The present study aims to investigate the association between an early history of recurrent otitis media (OM) with or without ventilation tube insertion and later behavioural problems in childhood and adolescence.

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Playgroup Week celebrates importance of early childhood intervention

National Playgroup Week, the annual event run by Playgroup Australia, will take place across the country from 20 March to 27 March.

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App for Autism

An innovative iPad App developed in Western Australia could be the key to improved outcomes for kids with autism.

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Childhood cancers not on the rise in SA and NT, but disparity remains for Indigenous children in the NT

Despite national and global reports of rising incidences of cancer affecting children and young people, a new analysis has found rates of childhood cancer have remained unchanged over the last 30 years in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

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Cohort profile: The WAACHS Linked Data Study

Despite the volume of accumulating knowledge from prospective Aboriginal cohort studies, longitudinal data describing developmental trajectories in health and well-being is limited.

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Chemotherapy increases amenability of surgical resection in congenital glioblastoma

Brain tumors presenting in infancy, especially during the first 6 months of life.

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Study to protect babies from flu as flu season strikes early

Parents of babies in Perth and Adelaide are being urged to take part in a landmark study to examine the best ways to keep their child safe from influenza this winter, amid a surge in serious infections.

Global Gut Bacteria in Newborns

Spanning across 15 countries, this study is exploring how breastmilk supports good bacteria in the infant gut and how this relationship programs the developing immune system.

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Impact of CD14 promoter variants on measles vaccine responses and vaccine failure in children from Australia and Mozambique

Host genetics are likely to play a crucial role, particularly variants that alter key innate immune response genes.

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Upper Airway Cell Transcriptomics Identify a Major New Immunological Phenotype with Strong Clinical Correlates in Young Children with Acute Wheezing

Asthma exacerbations in children can be divided into IRF7hi versus IRF7lo phenotypes with associated differences in clinical phenotypes