People with disabilities experience very high rates of mental health difficulties and psychological distress. Yet health professionals often don’t feel equipped to treat them.
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Because some seizures are relatively subtle, they can go unrecognized, leading to a delay in diagnosis.
Sepsis onset can be difficult to recognize, in part because its symptoms can mimic those of many other conditions. A treatment delay of even a few hours can make the difference between life and death.
Psychosocial and economic stressors can affect health, but neither our doctors nor our health-care system have the tools to integrate these factors into diagnoses or care. Play offers an alternative.
Can you use a test intended for adults or older children? How do you test a wriggling or grumpy small child anyway? We’re infection control and child health researchers. Here are our tips.
With the right training, dogs can sniff out more than 90% of COVID cases.
So far, similar medical diagnostics tech has either required time-consuming post processing, or has used parts that prevented it from being integrated into a flat design.
People living with endometriosis wait an average of 7.5 years for a diagnosis. Social science researchers are working to identify ways to help reduce this timeline.
Some women with endometriosis are in so much pain, they’re giving up work. Others are struggling at work or uni. Here’s how we support women with this debilitating disease.
By adulthood, ADHD symptoms may be more internalised but they can also cause grown up problems.
Imagine if the PM had caught COVID two years ago? We knew so little about COVID with certainty back then, and what we did know was truly frightening. Here’s what’s changed since then.
Almost half of patients have poor understanding of their emergency department visit. Being aware of how the emergency department works can give patients the tools to have a smoother experience.
It’s easy to avoid common pitfalls when taking rapid antigen tests. Here are a few to watch out for.
Record-breaking technology can sequence an entire human genome in a matter of hours. The work could be a lifeline for people suffering from the more than 5,000 known rare genetic diseases.
Free rapid antigen tests makes public health sense and economic sense.
Plan ahead and wash your hands. These are just some of the tips to think about before taking a COVID rapid antigen test at home.
These children are not getting the help they need to thrive at school and at home.
Rapid antigen testing might be convenient. But high prices for home kits will put people off, compounding disadvantage.
The NanoMslide causes potentially cancerous cells to ‘light up’ with vivid colour contrast. It has already been successful in finding early-stage breast cancer cells in human tissue.
With a bit of preparation, role play and modelling the type of behaviour you’d like to see in your child, the process can be plain sailing.
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor Emerita, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University
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NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor & Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Educational Studies in School Psychology, University of Calgary
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Director, Nephrology and Kidney Care Services, Melbourne Health
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