Lunch box wars have reached a stalemate with teachers now too afraid to criticise unhealthy snacks for fear of sparking the ire of busy parents, resulting in kids turning up with a shocking collection of junk.
Young kids who feast on products containing rice may be exposed to dangerous amounts of arsenic, scientists say, as it’s revealed three-quarters of rice-based products in Australia have concentrations exceeding European guidelines.
They may sometimes feel like the “non-special” ones, but new research shows brothers and sisters of children with disabilities have more empathy and closer bonds than other siblings.
New Australian research has linked certain foods eaten by women while pregnant to serious health conditions like heart disease and cancer in later life.
After a world-first discovery that evolving strains make changes to survive regardless of immunisation, Aussie scientists say we need a new vaccine against an extremely contagious and deadly disease that struck 1500 Queenslanders last year.
With hospital admissions for anaphylaxis doubling over the last decade in Australia, experts warn those with severe allergies often avoid the family dinner table and social gatherings – particularly during the holiday period.
Many Australian parents worry that their coeliac children are at risk from the gluten in common play materials like Play-Doh and pasta. Intensive new research has revealed the truth.
Australian researchers have found varied information about the handling, storage and warming of expressed breast milk is leaving new mums confused.
It’s been viewed tens of millions of times, but the Brisbane creator of the Sleeping Beauty movie proposal that’s warming hearts across the world says it’s likely to be a one-off.
With a shortage of both blood and organ donors, Queensland researchers are suggesting language used to attract donors be changed, because the current generation aren’t responding to the “gift of life” message.
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