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In a recent study published in Pain Practice, a new biofeedback relaxation app, BrighHearts, was found to help most young patients cope better with the pain and anxiety of procedures. "BrightHearts taps into children's interest in devices like smartphones and tablets," said Dr Angie Morrow from Kids Rehab and senior lecturer in pediatrics and child health at The Children's Hospital at Westmead...
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Epidemics of human parechovirus (HPeV), a virus which can cause severe neurodevelopmental issues in exposed infants, have been occurring in Australia every 2 years since 2013, according to research published this week in the Medical Journal of Australia. While most HPeV infections cause mild symptoms, such as gastroenteritis or influenza-like illness, the HPeV epidemics in Australia have been...
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Brittany McGill, clinical psychologist and PhD candidate at the Behavioural Sciences Unit, together with authors from UNSW Sydney, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Princes of Wales Hospital, the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Boston Children’s Hospital, has recently published a systematic review in Clinical Genetics. The review examined the literature surrounding the perceptions...
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A landmark national study led by the Australian Institute of Health Innovation at Macquarie University on the standard of healthcare for children in Australia has found children receive care in-line with clinical practice guideline recommendations on average 60 percent (59.8%) of the time for 17 common medical conditions. The CareTrack Kids study published today in the Journal of the American...
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A review of past qualitative studies involving children with congenital heart disease (CHD) has identified key experiences that affect their daily lives.  This systematic review, published in the European Journal of Paediatrics last week, was undertaken by our researchers at the Heart Centre for Children and the Centre for Kidney Research, both groups at Kids Research, together with collabor...
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