In an exciting breakthrough for cancer treatment, a new weapon to enable the immune system to combat the disease may have been unlocked. ...

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• 2017
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We can all appreciate the benefits of a good night’s sleep, but for premature babies that can be hard to achieve. Their body clocks are not properly ...

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This study aimed to determine whether breathing 100% oxygen altered tidal breathing parameters in healthy young children and young children with CF. ...

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Individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) often have excessive daytime sleepiness and emotional/behavioral disturbances. The objective of this study was to examine whether daytime sleepiness was associated with these emotional/behavioral problems, independent of nighttime sleep-disordered breathing, or the duration of sleep. ...

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Parents of young children with type 1 diabetes experience significantly better quality of life and reduced fear of hypoglycaemic episodes when given remote access to their child's continuous glucose monitoring, new Children's Diabetes Centre research has found. ...

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We hope that through earlier diagnosis and treatment of muscle weakness during sleep, we can prevent future lung failure in children with neuromuscular disorders. ...

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To investigate the association between energy drink (ED) use and sleep-related disturbances in a population-based sample of young adults from the Raine Study. ...

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• 2021
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Children and adolescents spend more than one-third of their time sleeping. Yet, we know little about the causal impact of sleeping on their development. This paper is the first to exploit variation in local daily daylight duration measured on pre-determined diary dates across the same individuals through time as an instrument in an individual fixed effects regression model to draw causal estimates of sleep duration on a comprehensive set of child development indicators.  ...

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Helen Jenny Leonard Downs HM JA MBChB MPH BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD Principal Research Fellow Program Head, Development and Disability +61 419 956 ...

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The Centre has: Led clinical care and research nationally and is recognised internationally for its work. Contributed to new knowledge about ...

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