It is well known that children of parents with mental illness are at greater risk of mental illness themselves. ...

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• 2013
• November 2013

The aims of the present study were to (i) examine the relationship between children's degree of adiposity and psychosocial functioning; and (ii) compare patterns of clustering of psychosocial measures between healthy weight and overweight/obese children. ...

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• 2008
• February 2008

Although many mothers initiate breastfeeding, supplementation with human-milk substitutes (formula) during the birth hospitalization is common and has been associated with early breastfeeding cessation. Colostrum hand expressed in the last few weeks before birth, known as antenatal colostrum expression (ACE), can be used instead of human-milk substitutes. However, evidence is lacking on the efficacy of ACE on breastfeeding outcomes and in non-diabetic mothers.  ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a lifelong condition characterised by severe neurodevelopmental impairment due to prenatal exposure to alcohol. ...

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Francis Joel Steve Mitrou Stafford Zubrick FG J SR BEc BA(Hons) MA PhD FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Data Analyst Honorary Emeritus Research Fellow 08 6319 1499 08 ...

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Some young people who identify as transgender and seek gender-affirming medical care subsequently reidentify with their sex registered at birth. Evidence regarding the frequency and characteristics of this experience is lacking.  ...

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• 2024
• March 2024

New suburban communities built in accordance with the “Liveable Neighbourhoods” policy have the potential to encourage health supportive behaviors ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

Wearable technologies impact upon sexual activity and this influences the decision to adopt the technology ...

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• 2020
• March 2020

Early life innate immune dysfunction may represent a key immunological driver and predictor of persistent food allergy in childhood ...

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• 2018
• September 2018

Hematopoiesis occurs in a complex bone marrow microenvironment in which bone marrow stromal cells provide critical support to the process through direct cell... ...

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• 2014
• April 2014

This study aimed to identify maternal and family factors that may predict increases or decreases in child eating disorder symptoms over time, accounting for... ...

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• 2014
• April 2014

Identified an association between polymorphisms in a long intergenic non-coding RNA (lincRNA) gene (AC011288.2) and pneumococcal bacteremia ...

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• 2016
• January 2016