Thu Apr 5, 2012
EMBARGO LIFTED at 7am AEST Fri 6 Apr 2012 US researchers have used mathematical models to show how worries over vaccine risks affect vaccine uptake within the community. The study shows how to predict ways in which population vaccinating behaviour might unfold during a vaccine scare, testing the model against real data from two infamous [...]
Fri Mar 16, 2012
U.S. scientists have been investigating whether prenatal exposure to mobile phone radiation has any impact on mice, though the authors caution that their findings may be difficult to translate to human risks. Female mice were exposed to an active mobile phone call throughout their pregnancy. The authors found that fetal exposure to mobile phone radiation [...]
Thu Mar 1, 2012
Dutch researchers have trialled the first web-based therapeutic programme for adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) with positive results. The study, Fatigue In Teenagers on the interNET (FITNET)*, included 135 teenagers aged between 12-18 years with chronic fatigue syndrome and showed that using a web-based cognitive behavioural therapy programme is substantially more effective than usual [...]
Wed Jun 15, 2011
(Embargo lifted 8.30am AEST Wednesday June 15) Research published in the BMJ suggests that women who do not go to sleep on their left side on their last night of pregnancy have an increased risk of late stillbirth compared with women who do sleep on their left side.
Thu Apr 14, 2011
Embargo lifted at 9am AEST Thursday 14 April 2011 Each year there are an estimated 3.2 million stillbirths across the world and they are still a daily occurrence even in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, where many cases are still unexplained. Even though infant mortality rates have been dropping, there has been no [...]
Wed Feb 16, 2011
Embargo lifted at 11am AEDT Wed 16 Feb A team led by a researcher from the University of Queensland assessed how 18 month-old babies responded to videos of counting and claim they demonstrate that humans begin to learn to count earlier than previously thought.
Fri Feb 11, 2011
Embargo lifted at 10.30am AEDT on Fri 11 February 2011 A study released today investigated small increases in risk of cancer for children who had x-rays at ages less than three months and in children whose mothers had undergone an x-ray while pregnant. Researchers measured the risk of childhood cancer overall, and leukaemia, lymphoma, and [...]
Tue Dec 7, 2010
Research using Danish families has identified a link between mobile phone use by pregnant mums and their children and the development of behavioural problems. Children who were exposed to mobile phones before birth and who used phones before the age of 7 were 50% more likely to have behavioural problems, while those who were exposed [...]