Research and research funding must be independent of the tobacco industry, which continues to cause so much suffering ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• December 2018

Parents of children born prematurely have expressed concerns about their child’s lung health when they exercise, with symptoms such as breathlessness. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2020
• November

We outline three scenarios from across the health spectrum where issues with health informatics are exemplified. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• September 2017

A Telethon Kids Institute spin-off company has received $20 million from the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund to develop a promising new therapy for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2019
• March

Tobias Jenny Strunk Mountain TS JM MD, PhD, FRACP MBA MClinEpi Head, Neonatal Health Program Manager, Neonatal Health / Protect Trial tobias.strunk@ ...

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Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) is responsible for a significant global health and economic burden. The recent prioritization of Strep A vaccine development by the World Health Organization has prompted global research activities and collaborations. To progress this prioritization, establishment of robust surveillance for Strep A to generate updated regional disease burden estimates and to establish platforms for future impact evaluation is essential. ...

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• 2022
• September 2022

This study provides the first evidence on the determinants of uptake of two recent public dental benefit programs for Australian children and adolescents from disadvantaged families. Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative survey linked to administrative data with accurate information on eligibility and uptake, we find that only a third of all eligible families actually claim their benefits. ...

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• 2021
• February 2021

Preterm infants have immature control of breathing and impaired pulmonary gas exchange. We hypothesized that infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) have a blunted ventilatory response and peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2 ) instability during a hypoxic challenge. ...

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• 2023
• February 2023

Promotion of regular physical activity is an integral part of diabetes care delivery and health care providers should promote this message at every available opportunity ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• October 2018

Allergen specific immunotherapy aims to subvert or divert immune responses to allergens to ones that do not cause immunological hypersensitivities. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• September 2017