A shocking shortfall in the care provided to the 3,000 children suffering from Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in New South Wales (NSW), has been highlighted by Minister for Health and Medical Research, Brad Hazzard in response to Parliamentary questions, according to Peak Body, Arthritis New...
Dr Sam Tormey reports on a disease commonly associated with older people, but which can occur in children. Andrew was limping, but nobody could remember how or when he had hurt himself, and it wasn’t the first time his mum had noticed him walking with difficulty....
Poke (pronounced 'poh-keh') bowls started to emerge around the 1970s when Hawaiian fishermen would use the simple recipe to create hearty snacks. Although gaining social media traction recently, the bowls have been around for a while. And they’re incredibly easy to make. In Hawaiian, the word...
“The number of three, four, and five-year-old children in the United States has been estimated at around 12 million. In the past few years, this population, once the most neglected, educationally speaking, has marched to the center of the stage. The reasons for this new...
Fermented Turmeric paired with Sprouted Buckwheat, Coconut, Cardamom all in a cookie! Ingredients 1 Cup Fermentanicals Sprouted Buckwheat Flour 1 Cup Almond Flour 1 Cup Desiccated Coconut 1 Tsp ground cardamom 1/2 Tsp Cinnamon 2-3 Capsules (opened) of Fermented Turmeric 1/2 Cup of coconut oil 1/4 cup of Maple syrup 1 Tbsp Fermentanicals Sprouted Flax...
Concepts of friendship, kindness and inclusion are becoming more important in our increasingly angry world. These picture books for the young offer a range of ways that we can look at improving their understanding of these concepts as they grow up. Who’s Afraid of the Quite...
A unique Victorian databank that profiles children with hearing loss will help researchers globally understand why some children adapt and thrive, while others struggle. The paper’s* lead author, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute’s (MCRI) Dr Valerie Sung, says researchers world-wide can use the databank to answer questions...
Michelle Mitchell looks at digital self-harm, what it is and what it can do to our young people. Digital self-harm is a relatively new phenomenon which has little public awareness. In my research, I found that digital self-harm was definitely an area which young people were far...
Unlike other tissue donations, if a woman in Australia needs an egg, or wants to donate one, she is largely left to work it out herself through advertising or searching for an ethnically compatible donor through other means. Accessing an egg donor, or becoming one,...
Fit-for-an-army Eggplant parmi (Serves 4, just under 3 serves of vegs per serve) What is it about crumbed steaks? Or crumbed anything? They say that texture, and in this case crunch, is more important than taste — so if you’re trying to come around to the...
