Pediatrics

We've lifted each other through the hard times.

''The pain was unbearable, but I refused to give up.''

Matt Caruana, 20, Baulkham Hills shares his inspiring story.

It would probably kill them, but the alternative was unthinkable.

He'll cook like a sausage!

A study carried out by University of New South Wales researchers showed that if fathers and grandfathers ate a high fat diet and were obese, their grandsons were more likely to be overweight. Research conducted on rats, led by Professor Margaret Morris, found that sons and grandsons of fat fathers had worse outcomes than those […]

“Yuta was breech (in a bottom-first, not head-first position),” Kyoko says. “The doctors tried to turn him around so I didn’t need a caesarean, and discovered the growth.” Kyoko couldn’t believe the diagnosis, “I was like … whaaat? My son has what?! The ultrasound looked perfect, and I couldn’t believe he could be sick.” To […]

A study by Australia’s Bond University in conjunction with scientists in the Netherlands found that there was a significant risk of “over-diagnosis” and therefore over-medication. Researchers said the wider classification of symptoms for ADHD – attention deficit hyperactive disorder – in the psychiatric manual used in the profession has led to a steep rise in […]

Girls aged 12 to 15 have the highest rate of chlamydia among females, a new study will reveal. More than one in eight girls in this age group tested positive for the sexually transmissible infection (STI) — which is a higher rate than seen in older teens or young women. The shock finding — to […]

To some people, Katrina Abianac’s eight-month-old son Parker is just another Down syndrome baby but to her, he’s a beautiful little boy who just happens to have Down syndrome. It’s a small but significant distinction Katrina wishes more people understood. My world spun and clicked when I was told my baby son had Down Syndrome. […]