Maternity and Childcare

syphilis
Children's Health, Healthcare, Hospitals, Public Health and Careers
Rising syphilis rates in remote WA alarm health workers
Nina Alvarez Nov 9, 2021

As syphilis cases continue to surge in Western Australia, contact tracers say they are overwhelmed, with remote areas with high Indigenous populations of particular concern.

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Neurodivergent Parenting: Taking care of a child on the Autism Spectrum
Children's Health, Mental Health
Neurodivergent Parenting: Taking care of a child on the Autism Spectrum
Nina Alvarez Oct 29, 2021

Parenting is a huge feat to undertake. It requires a certain kind of readiness and acceptance, and a mental fortitude that not a lot of

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Children's Health
The Lowdown on ADHD in children
Nina Alvarez Oct 1, 2021

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (abbreviated as ADHD, and sometimes referred to as ADD in the past) is a developmental disorder that begins in early childhood.

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Children's Health, Mental Health, Opinion
Opinion: Childhood dementia, it’s time to face it!
Nina Alvarez Oct 1, 2021

Childhood Dementia Initiative is an Australian not-for-profit established in 2020 to urgently disrupt the impact of childhood dementia. When my kids were little, the most

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Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News
New milk bank for premature babies in Queensland
Nina Alvarez Sep 29, 2021

A new milk bank funded by the Australian Government ensures that premature babies across Queensland will get life-saving access to breast milk. The milk bank

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Healthcare, Learning - Topics, Uncategorized
Westmead Hospital opens mother and baby mental health unit
Nina Alvarez Sep 16, 2021

Westmead Hospital will soon grant access to specialist care for pregnant women and new mothers experiencing mental illness alongside their babies at the state’s second

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embryo
COVID-19, Healthcare, Hospitals
Pregnant women report delays for Pfizer vaccination in Newcastle
Nina Alvarez Sep 8, 2021

Pregnant women report delays for Pfizer vaccination in Newcastle because of the difficulty of booking vaccination appointments. For some, appointments are only available long after

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neurological
Children's Health, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Kids with COVID-19 or MIS-C have surprisingly high rates of neurological symptoms
Lourdes Antenor Aug 19, 2021

Children and adolescents are at risk of developing serious neurological complications from COVID-19 that require hospitalization. Elizabeth Mack, M.D., chief of pediatric critical care medicine

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vaccine
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Pregnant women need access to COVID-19 vaccination
Lourdes Antenor Aug 13, 2021

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) urge all jurisdictions, and

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Alcohol
Children's Health, Hospitals
Funding boost for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder diagnosis and care
Lourdes Antenor Aug 11, 2021

The diagnosis and treatment of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is set to be strengthened with the announcement of $3.68 million in funding

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Aged Care, Healthcare, Hospitals/Clinics, Medical Science and Technology, Public Health and Careers, Science and Technology, Strategy
COVID-19: It’s Time to Consider Other Options
Healthcare Channel Aug 11, 2021

Learn about UV-C germicidal light and how it has been keeping us safe and healthy for decades and could hold the key to our long

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mothers
Children's Health, Healthcare
Mothers are older, smoking less and having healthy babies
Lourdes Antenor Aug 5, 2021

The number of Australian women giving birth after the age of 34 is continuing to increase, a new report from the Australian Institute of Health

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