Posts tagged child health

Australian children have one of the highest rates of food allergies in the world, writes Leanne Philpott Yet a recent survey uncovered a serious need …

Essays on health: Australia is failing new parents with conflicting advice – it’s urgent we get it right Much of the baby’s distress, as well …

Guild Learning and Development is partnering with Care Pharmaceuticals in an online course titled Management of paediatric constipation This course examines some of the common …

An Irish pharmacist is warning of a new head lice risk factor They’ve been blamed for everything from a growing disconnect with older people to …

A handful of Melbourne doctors have formed an “underground network” to help families avoid mandatory vaccinations, the Herald Sun claims In the article, “Secret Melbourne …

Experts have called for greater access to and takeup of flu vaccination, as Australia endures a likely record-breaking season But this doesn’t extend to pharmacies …

The Turnbull Government has launched a “Get the Facts about Immunisation” campaign to encourage childhood vaccination In launching the campaign, Health Minister Greg Hunt said …

Pharmacists are ideally placed to help children and their parents understand the source and severity of pain as well as presenting options to alleviate it. …

A Canadian study set out to find whether supplementing with high-dose vitamin D helped prevent children catching colds… and found it didn’t Previous studies have …

Starting this month, free childhood vaccinations will be provided to all young people as well as refugees of any age The government has announced it …