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The number of teenage girls who presented to NSW Emergency Departments (ED) for self-harm or suicidal ideation has dramatically escalated during the pandemic, following a steady increase over the past decade. A new study has investigated whether the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened trends in self-harm presentations in children and young people, which have increased globally over the last 10 year...

A new research project aimed at finding a cure for the genetic disorder Neurofibromatosis (NF) has been given a flicker of hope. The project underway at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (CHW) has received $350,000 in funding from the Flicker of Hope Foundation delivered through the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation. This boost will go towards a gene therapy approach to NF, led...

At four months of age Sophia is reaching all her developmental milestones. She demonstrates good head control while sitting supported and can even roll from her tummy to her back. Her parents Kaitlin and Max have not witnessed any decline in Sophia’s physical development and for this they are extremely grateful to the Paediatric Neurology team at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick (SCH)....

At just 12 months old, Bronte had her first seizure. It was a febrile convulsion with a very high fever, which isn’t uncommon for babies. However, from that time on she continued having seizures and some would go for over an hour. At five years old Bronte was diagnosed with a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome. Dravet Syndrome starts in early infancy and is characterised by frequen...