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Wellbeing, Happiness and the Brain

Discover resources and science activities for kids for the topic 'Wellbeing and Happiness'.

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Where were those rabbits? A new paradigm to determine cerebral lateralisation of visuospatial memory function in children

In the majority of people, functional differences are observed between the two cerebral hemispheres: language production is typically subserved by the left...

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CNTNAP2 variants affect early language development in the general population

We tested the hypothesis that these CNTNAP2 variants affect communicative behavior, measured at 2 years of age in a large epidemiological sample...

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Air Trapping on Chest CT Is Associated with Worse Ventilation Distribution in Infants with Cystic Fibrosis

In school-aged children with cystic fibrosis (CF) structural lung damage assessed using chest CT is associated with abnormal ventilation distribution.

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Our popular workshops are back these school holidays

Our popular workshops for kids are back these school holidays and we have a jam-packed program full of fun and engaging science activities!

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Social Gradients in Indigenous Health

The pattern of association between socioeconomic factors and health outcomes has primarily depicted better health for those who are higher in the social...

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Exciting new clinical trials in cystic fibrosis: Infants need not apply

The recent announcement of the negative results of the TIGER- 2 phase 3 study of denufosol tetrasodium

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Long-term survival for infants born with orofacial clefts in Western Australia

Parents with a child diagnosed with an OFC ± additional minor anomalies only can be reassured that the OFC does not influence survival rates in infancy

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Gross motor performance in children prenatally exposed to alcohol and living in remote Australia

A higher than expected proportion of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders had gross motor scores that indicated impairment and need for therapy

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Lipidomics reveals associations of phospholipids with obesity and insulin resistance in young adults

Lipidomic biomarkers associated with obesity and IR using plasma samples from a population-based cohort of young adults

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Diagnosis of Bacterial Bloodstream Infections: A 16S Metagenomics Approach

16S metagenomics is a powerful approach for the diagnosis and understanding of Bacterial bloodstream infection

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Somatic activating mutations in Pik3ca cause sporadic venous malformations in mice and humans

Our data demonstrate a causal relationship between activating Pik3ca mutations and the genesis of venous malformations