Despite education about the risks of excessive sun exposure, teenagers in Australia are sun-seeking, with sunburn common in summer. Conversely, some regular (time-limited) exposure to sunlight (that avoids sunburn) is necessary for vitamin D and healthy bones and other molecules important for immune and metabolic health. New interventions are thus required to better support teenagers to make healthy and balanced decisions about their sun behaviors. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Little attention has been given to the health status and lifestyle behaviours of expectant fathers. This study aimed to examine health-related variables in a cohort of expectant fathers to identify potential focus areas for interventions designed to optimise health and wellbeing outcomes in this group. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Bone mass and density are low in females with Rett syndrome. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2015
• January 2015

Previous research has established that adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) experience more anxiety symptoms than their healthy peers and are also more likely to develop an anxiety disorder. Research in cognitive psychology has found that selective attention favouring the processing of threatening information causally contributes to elevated levels of anxiety; however, this process has not been investigated in the context of T1D. ...

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• 2021
• August 2021

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic condition with multi-system involvement ...

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• 2019
• September 2019

To describe health-related quality of life of Australian children and adolescents with Down syndrome and compare it with norm-referenced data. ...

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• 2018
• April 2018

Desiree Jackie Lisa Susan Silva Davis Gibson Prescott DS JD LG SL MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD BSc (Hons) BA (Hons), MPsych, PhD MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Research Fellow, The ORIGINS Project Honorary ...

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People with intellectual disabilities are at a higher risk for experiencing behavioral, emotional, and psychiatric problems in comparison with the general... ...

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• 2015
• May 2015

The aim of this review was to map the literature assessing associations between maternal or infant immune or gut microbiome biomarkers and child neurodevelopmental outcomes within the first 5 years of life. We conducted a PRISMA-ScR compliant review of peer-reviewed, English-language journal articles. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• March 2023

Desiree Jackie Lisa Susan Silva Davis Gibson Prescott DS JD LG SL MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD BSc (Hons) BA (Hons), MPsych, PhD MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Research Fellow, The ORIGINS Project Honorary ...

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A severe neurodevelopmental disorder mostly affecting girls. ...

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The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of using a Bouchard activity record (BAR) in individuals with Rett syndrome to measure physical... ...

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• 2015
• June 2015