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How researchers have made surgery for babies

The Kids Research Institute Australia’s Perioperative Medicine team is helping to change global and local practice by finding safer and gentler ways to both undertake surgery, and care for kids and families afterwards.

Resources help Deaf or hard-of-hearing kids BELONG

Adolescence can be challenging for all kids, but especially for those who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing. New resources developed by The Kids Research Institute Australia aim to make life a little easier.

Inching towards answers for children with ultra-rare CDKL5

The Kids Research Institute Australia is helping scientists across the globe inch their way towards clinical trials which could, at last, provide relief for children and families dealing with CDKL5.

Unlocking the mysteries of the immune system to tackle childhood cancer

The The Kids Cancer Centre is at the cutting edge of developing new, safer ways of treating children with cancer using their own immune systems.

The one-in-a-million baby who defied the odds

When KEMH specialists first suggested using coconut oil to treat the fragile skin of Kimberly Rohrlach’s extremely premature first-born child, Isabella, she thought it was more than a little weird.

Giving kids with CF a chance at a longer, healthier life

COMBAT CF is one of two long-standing international trials which have resulted in new early intervention options helping to reduce progressive lung damage in kids living with CF.

How the pandemic has shaped the mental health of our kids

Researchers went into 79 WA primary and secondary schools in 2020 and found increased levels of emotional distress among students and families.

DCD a heavy burden for little Toby

Meet Toby - he has developmental coordination disorder (DCD), a neurodevelopmental condition that causes delays and impairments in fine and gross motor skills.

Healthy skin guideline hits the mark

The first ever National Healthy Skin Guideline has become the gold standard for the treatment, prevention and public health control of skin infections in Indigenous populations in Australia and provides a positive framework for healthy skin.