We need more help to do COVID kids’ jabs, say GPs
Doctors are not being properly funded to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to children, says a leading WA GP. Read More...
child health
WA study: helping children with ADHD get a good night’s sleep
A new study led by UWA is seeking children with ADHD and sleep problems to test a new behaviour-based sleep intervention. Read More...
Looking at the big food picture for T1D
Kids with diabetes should think beyond just carbs, according to Telethon Kids Institute senior dietitian Dr Amelia Harray. Read More...
Protracted bacterial bronchitis in children
Cough is the most common paediatric presentation to general practitioners and is associated with morbidity and reduced quality of life. Important points in the history include duration of the cough and whether it is wet or dry. Read More...
The myopia generation
Dr Jessica Mountford from the Lions Eye Institute is putting new focus on near-sightedness in children. Read More...
Burns are more than skin deep
Working in burn injury is challenging seeing lives changed in an instant with lifelong consequences. Our children are especially vulnerable with those under age four most commonly affected. Some years ago, we treated a child who survived a major burn injury who subsequently lost the battle with cancer. Read More...
Who thinks of the children?
The proverbial visitor from Mars would look at how our society treats children and form a view that there is some inconsistency. On one hand we say that the children are the future but, on the other, decisions are often made to the detriment of children and the benefit of adults. Read More...
Have You Heard. March 2017
Time AHPRA changed its ways Doctors are concerned that reports to AHPRA against health professionals are too easily...