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Feeding change helps keep kids with intellectual disability out of hospital

Children with intellectual disability who underwent gastrostomy – a feeding tube placed into the stomach – had better overall health and fewer hospitalisations for all causes except acute respiratory illnesses, research led by The Kids Research Institute Australia has found.

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How the Australian bushfires can impact your family’s physical health

Bushfires can have a considerable impact on our physical and mental health, with some symptoms lasting long after the blaze is extinguished. And our children are amongst the most vulnerable.

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Energy drinks not OK for kids

Telethon Kids Institute researchers have found more than half of young people who consumed energy drinks suffered negative health effects.

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Karratha family jump at chance to join sleep study

Mackenzie Crane was 10 months old when her parents, Jodie and Scott, were given the life-changing news that their daughter would never walk.

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FASD conference unites policy, science and lived experience

Held every two years, the Australasian FASD Conference is a significant and unifying event for those in the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder sector.

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Pioneering research could be key to keeping cancer in check

Cancer research is being reimagined after a collaboration between The Kids Research Institute Australia, the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity.

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New drug therapy provides hope for kids with cystic fibrosis

The Kids Research Institute Australia spin-off company, Respirion, received $20 million in funding to develop a promising new therapy.

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Friendly Schools goes from strength to strength

What began as a small formative research project 20 years ago has grown into a universal bullying prevention and social skills development program which has helped countless Australian children and their families.

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Five things that may surprise you about type 1 diabetes

Professor Liz Davis reveals five things you might not know about type 1 diabetes.

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What are the signs my child is being bullied?

More than half of all children who are bullied do not tell anyone.