Energy drinks (EDs) claim to boost mental performance, however, few studies have examined the prospective effects of EDs on mental health. This study examined longitudinal associations between ED use and mental health symptoms in young adults aged 20 years over a 2-year period. ...

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• 2020
• November 2020

This study explores how the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic influenced family routines, relationships and technology use (smartphones and tablet computers) among families with infants. Infancy is known to be an important period for attachment security and future child development, and a time of being susceptible to changes within and outside of the family unit. ...

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• 2021
• December 2021

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

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• May 2016

These findings reinforce current recommendations for annual influenza vaccination, particularly those at greatest risk of influenza disease. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• June 2017

Adolescents are heavily exposed to unhealthy outdoor food advertisements near schools, however, the marketing power of these advertisements among adolescents has not yet been explored. This study aimed to investigate the teen-directed marketing features present and quantify the overall marketing power of outdoor food advertisements located near schools to explore any differences by content (ie, alcohol, discretionary, core and miscellaneous foods) school type (ie, primary, secondary, K-12) and area-level socio-economic status (SES; ie, low vs high). ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

Maternal diet during pregnancy has long been recognised as an important determinant of neonatal outcomes and child development. Infant body composition is a potentially modifiable risk factor for predicting future health and metabolic disease. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

To investigate the correlates of adolescent energy drink use using a socioecological approach to inform future interventions. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• March 2022

Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of acute respiratory infection with the most severe disease in the young and elderly. Non-pharmaceutical interventions and travel restrictions for controlling COVID-19 have impacted the circulation of most respiratory viruses including RSV globally, particularly in Australia, where during 2020 the normal winter epidemics were notably absent. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• May 2022

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

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• August 2013

Dissection of the genetics of Parkinson's disease identifies an additional association 5' of SNCA and multiple associated haplotypes at 17q21We performed... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2011
• January 2011

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 ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• June 2010

The Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases Diagnostic Service refers to a genomic diagnostic platform operating within the Genetic Services of Western Australia ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• January 2016