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Melatonin gummies are not natural or safe, according to a child sleep expert.
If you’re feeling extra hungry while breastfeeding, there’s a good reason for it. Your body needs more nutrients to support milk production.
When parents leave their cars idling outside schools, pollution levels spike. The solution could be as simple as teaching children how to ask for change.
Staying warm in winter is important, but so is staying safe. So a little caution can go a long way to prevent serious injury.
You may be thinking it’s not worth the time or trouble to floss young kids’ teeth. But here are some tips to get you and your kids started.
Autonomy, confidence and competence were stronger predictors of wellbeing than more traditional measures like deprivation or even total time spent being active.
These conversations don’t have to be frightening. There are age-appropriate ways to teach kids shame-free language about bodies and boundaries.
The core features of autism can’t and don’t need to be altered. But medications can help manage autistic people’s physical and mental health conditions.
One’s about behaviour, the other about emotions. Here’s how to respond to tantrums and meltdowns without losing your cool.
A new strengths checklist aims to help parents, carers and clinicians more easily identify a child’s skills, talents and positive qualities.
Because vitamin D plays a crucial role in many aspects of health and growth, inadequate levels can put children at risk of developing chronic disease early on.
Young people are waiting more than three months for mental health care, and are struggling to cope while they wait.
Measles is on the rise globally. We need to step up vaccination rates.
There’s no firm evidence eating eggs causes constipation. In fact, eggs may have the opposite effect. Here’s what’s really going on in your gut.
How did we get here? And what can be done to turn this trajectory around?
School’s back and that means head lice will once again plague households with primary school-aged children. Here’s what you can to do to bust those nits.
What might an updated newborn screening program look like?
State-level immigration policies can have surprising ripple effects.
Four in five children with ADHD are prescribed medication. The most common side-effect is lack of appetite and weight loss. Here’s how parents can manage this.
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Professor, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney
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Professor of Paediatrics and vaccinologist, Royal Childrens Hospital, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI); Associate Dean International, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and General Paediatrics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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