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Finding answers for Tenaya: from a sore throat to open-heart surgeryWhen Katrina took her daughter Tenaya to the local emergency department for the fourth time, she was determined she wouldn’t be leaving without answers.

The ultimate goal of the Alcohol and Pregnancy and FASD Research Team is to make FASD history in Australia.
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AutismCharacterised by varying degrees of difficulties in communication skills and social abilities, one in every 100 individuals will have a diagnosis of an autism spectrum condition. While autism is known to run in families, the exact causes remain unknown.
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Global research neglect of population-based approaches to smoking cessationIt has been argued that the preponderance of studies into individual smoking cessation therapies seems grossly out of proportion to the number of people...
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Soluble Glycoprotein VI Is Raised in the Plasma of Patients With Acute Ischemic Strokeschemic stroke induced by thrombosis may be triggered by atherosclerotic plaque rupture and collagen-induced platelet activation. Collagen induces...
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Variation over time in medical conditions and health service utilization of children with Down syndromeVariation over time in medical conditions and health service utilization of children with Down syndrome.
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Variants near CCNL1/LEKR1 and in ADCY5 and Fetal Growth Characteristics in Different TrimestersA recent genome-wide association study identified variants near CCNL1/LEKR1 (rs900400) and in ADCY5 (rs9883204) to be associated with birth weight.
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High incidence of obesity co-morbidities in young children: A cross-sectional studyThe prevalence of overweight and obesity in children is a public health problem because of future morbidity.
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Birth order and childhood type 1 diabetes risk: A pooled analysis of 31 observational studiesBackground: The incidence rates of childhood onset type 1 diabetes are almost universally increasing across the globe but the aetiology of the disease...