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Dosing cups linked to errors in children's medications

8 February 2010 | Parents using dosing cups for administering their children’s medication have an increased chance of making a large dosing error in comparison with using the oral syringe, an experimental study has found.


Paracetamol could blunt vaccines

20 October 2009 | The use of paracetamol may lower the effectiveness of common paediatric vaccines, a new study has found.


One-fifth of Aussie kids have asthma by age 5

14 October 2009 | Breastfeeding within the first 12 months of life reduces the risk of developing asthma or wheezing in infancy, according to a report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.


Iodine supplementation improves children's intellect

11 September 2009 | Daily iodine supplementation may improve cognition in mildly iodine deficient children, new NZ research suggests.


Asthma burden to continue

1 September 2009 | Asthma will continue to rank as one of the major causes of disease burden in Australia for the next two decades, according to a new report.


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