People who want a baby and struggle to conceive often resort to in vitro fertilisation (IVF). While IVF has helped countless people have children, it’s expensive and comes with some risks, writes Karin Hammarberg. A new online tool can help you weigh up your options. Research...
Can you believe it!? A breakthrough in preventing miscarriages has been discovered and some of its antidote can be found in a jar of one of Australia’s national treasures, Vegemite....
New research called right@home, found disadvantaged mothers’ mental health and wellbeing improved after regular maternal and child health nurse home visits during pregnancy, continuing up until the child turned two. Trial at a Glance: Australian research has shown a positive impact on the mental health...
Most women who give birth in Australia are monitored with CTG. But it might not be the best approach, write Kirsten Small, Jennifer Fenwick, Jenny Gamble and Mary Sidebotham of Griffith University Pregnant women rightly expect that when they’re in labour, medical staff will observe them...
Tokophobia is an extreme fear of childbirth. Julie Jomeen, Catriona Jones, Claire Marshall and Colin Martin look at how to recognise and treat it. Many pregnant women worry about birth. Some, however, suffer from a much more serious condition called tokophobia: a severe and unreasoning dread...
Arriving across our desk over summer have been quite a few new books for the 0-5+ age group of which our favourites are reviewed. Reading to preschoolers is always very revealing, and the genre of ‘picture books’ really does rely on the talent of the...
Australia will be among the first countries to launch the LEGO Braille Bricks with hundreds of tool kits to be distributed by Vision Australia to schools and institutes that have children who are blind or have low vision. Playing LEGO with her younger brother Simon in...
Playing video games can boost students’ academic results in crucial subjects, a new University of Southern Queensland study has revealed. While excessive screen time has negative impacts on school students’ reading, writing and numeracy NAPLAN test results, the study found playing video games and browsing the...
AFLW West Coast Eagles player, Kate Orme, is urging parents to check that children with asthma have a healthy and safe start to the school year and avoid the February “back-to-school asthma spike”. Kate, the new Ambassador for the National Asthma Council Australia said that as...
Four lecturers from Monash’s Faculty of Education, reflect here on their experience of teaching in an enforced online situation – how they attempted to address teacher-student relationships, and maintain connections with their students. The importance of teacher-student relationships in the classroom, and the impact it...
