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.
20 October 2009 | The use of paracetamol may lower the effectiveness of common paediatric vaccines, a new study has found.
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.
11 September 2009 | Daily iodine supplementation may improve cognition in mildly iodine deficient children, new NZ research suggests.
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.