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Infant milestones can be a source both of pride and anxiety for a new parent. Baby’s firsts – first tooth, first steps, first word – are moments of joy that many parents immediately compare with charts listing “normal” age ranges for each achievement to occur.

Functional abdominal pain is common in primary school kids, and although it usually passes with time and reassurance, it is very real pain.

Experts in Europe say assessment tools are underestimating risk—how does Australia’s calculator stack up.

The Y chromosome is a never-ending source of fascination (particularly to men) because it bears genes that determine maleness and make sperm. It’s also small and seriously weird; it carries few genes and is full of junk DNA that makes it horrendous to sequence.

What guard rails are in place to keep women safe

Tips to sensitively support both the child and their parent.

The availability and sales of “zero-alcohol” products have soared in recent years. In Australia, these are products containing less than 0.5% alcohol by volume, designed to mimic the flavour, appearance and packaging of alcoholic drinks.

Worldwide shortages cause to TGA put the brakes on prescribing

A quick refresher on how to treat an asthma emergency.

Apple’s iOS 17 operating system is expected to drop any day. The software update comes with several new features, including a tool for daily mood and emotion logging – a technique known to emotion researchers as “experience sampling”.

The power of a quick pause, and other wellbeing tips.

I was taken aback to see an advertisement recently, in no less a publication than the Canberra Times, for a medical practitioner to join a GP clinic in rural Queensland. Nothing unusual in that, I can almost hear you saying.

Infant milestones can be a source both of pride and anxiety for a new parent. Baby’s firsts – first tooth, first steps, first word – are moments of joy that many parents immediately compare with charts listing “normal” age ranges for each achievement to occur.

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Functional abdominal pain is common in primary school kids, and although it usually passes with time and reassurance, it is very real pain.

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Experts in Europe say assessment tools are underestimating risk—how does Australia’s calculator stack up.

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The Y chromosome is a never-ending source of fascination (particularly to men) because it bears genes that determine maleness and make sperm. It’s also small and seriously weird; it carries few genes and is full of junk DNA that makes it horrendous to sequence.

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What guard rails are in place to keep women safe

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Tips to sensitively support both the child and their parent.

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The availability and sales of “zero-alcohol” products have soared in recent years. In Australia, these are products containing less than 0.5% alcohol by volume, designed to mimic the flavour, appearance and packaging of alcoholic drinks.

Clinical Articles iconClinical Articles

Worldwide shortages cause to TGA put the brakes on prescribing

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A quick refresher on how to treat an asthma emergency.

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Apple’s iOS 17 operating system is expected to drop any day. The software update comes with several new features, including a tool for daily mood and emotion logging – a technique known to emotion researchers as “experience sampling”.

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The power of a quick pause, and other wellbeing tips.

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I was taken aback to see an advertisement recently, in no less a publication than the Canberra Times, for a medical practitioner to join a GP clinic in rural Queensland. Nothing unusual in that, I can almost hear you saying.

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