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Reports and Findings

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Influenza vaccine effectiveness and uptake in children at risk of severe disease

Participation in the preschool influenza vaccination program remains low with parents unconvinced of the benefits and safety of influenza vaccine

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School performance in children with type 1 diabetes: A contemporary population-based study

Type 1 diabetes is not associated with a significant decrement in school performance, as assessed by NAPLAN

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Towards Improving Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Non-malaria Febrile Illness: A Metabolomics Approach

This study demonstrates the potential use of plasma metabolites to identify causality in children with severe febrile illness in malaria-endemic settings

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N-3 fatty acid supplementation and leukocyte telomere length in patients with chronic kidney disease

Reducing oxidative stress, could modify telomere erosion during cell replication, and cardiovascular disease risk in patients with chronic kidney disease

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Safety and efficacy of the predictive low glucose management system in the prevention of hypoglycaemia

The predictive low glucose management system was evaluated in in-clinic studies, and has informed a larger home trial to study its efficacy and safety

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Parenting practices at 24 to 47 months and IQ at age 8: Effect-measure modification by infant temperament

We examined whether the associations between parental warmth, control and intelligence quotient (IQ) may be heightened among children in difficult temperament

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Parental perspectives on the communication abilities of their daughters with Rett syndrome

How females with Rett syndrome communicate in everyday life and the barriers and facilitators to successful communication

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Polygenic risk of ischemic stroke is associated with cognitive ability

Findings from this study indicate that even in the absence of stroke, being at high polygenic risk of ischemic stroke is associated with lower cognitive ability

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Asbestos exposure: Challenges for Australian clinicians

Anxiety and the inability to reduce MM risk following exposure or to halt progression of established asbestosis result in significant health care problems

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Immune-Microbiota Interactions: Dysbiosis as a Global Health Issue

The implications of the microbiome extend to virtually every branch of medicine, biopsychosocial and environmental sciences