Telethon Kids Institute and Curtin University will work together as part of a new agreement focused on enhancing children’s health and medical research in WA. ...

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• 2018
• January

After being diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease at ten, Elizabeth had to leave country and her family for a large chunk of her childhood so she could be treated in Adelaide. ...

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• 2018
• December

When Liana complained of a sore foot and showed signs of a fever, her mum Margie rushed her to hospital. An X-ray of her foot revealed no obvious injury, so she was sent home and advised to take painkillers. ...

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• 2018
• December

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

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• 2019
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Laqueisha was just five years old when she was diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease and sent on a 5,000km return trip to Perth for major heart surgery. ...

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• 2018
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