The Australian Private Health Insurance Incentive (PHII) policy reforms implemented in 1997-2000 increased PHI membership in Australia by 50%. ...

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• 2012
• July 2012

Australian families increasingly rely on eating foods from outside the home, which in-creases intake of energy‐dense nutrient‐poor foods. ‘Kids’ Menus’ are designed to appeal to families and typically lack healthy options. However, the nutritional quality of Kids’ Menus from cafes and full‐service restaurants (as opposed to fast‐food outlets) has not been investigated in Australia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional quality of Kids’ Menus in restaurants and cafés in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

Energy drinks (EDs) are not recommended for minors' consumption due to a myriad of health risks, but marketing initiatives persist. This study explored the promotion of EDs on TikTok, a platform frequented by children and adolescents. ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

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The major burden of disease is in developing and tropical settings where topical antibiotics are impractical and lead to rapid emergence of antimicrobial... ...

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• 2014
• August 2014

These results highlight how UNICORN can enable reliable, powerful, and convenient genetic association analyses without access to the individual-level data ...

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• 2016
• May 2016

Gina Trapp GT BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research 0410 589 374 Gina.Trapp@telethonkids.org.au ARC ...

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The P2X7R is highly expressed on the macrophage cell surface, and activation of infected cells by extracellular ATP has been shown to kill intracellular bacte ...

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• 2010
• June 2010

By mutual agreement with the Channel 7 Telethon Trust (Telethon), the Telethon Kids Institute and Telethon Speech and Hearing will both rebrand in 2024. ...

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• 2023
• December

Common genetic variation has an important role in the etiology of schizophrenia, and larger studies will allow more detailed understanding of this disorder. ...

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• 2013
• August 2013