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Maternal life stress events in pregnancy link to children's school achievement at age 10 years

Maternal antenatal exposure to life stress events has differing effects on the school performance of male and female offspring.

Antecedents of teenage pregnancy from a 14-year follow-up study using data linkage

This study identified possible antecedents of teenage pregnancy using linked data from administrative sources to create a 14-year follow-up from a cross-sect...

Commentary: Are we expecting too much from the extreme male brain theory of autism? A reflection on Kung et al. (2016)

This commentary highlights inconsistent findings that undermine the extreme male brain theory autism but data may not present an adequate test of the hypothesis

The PneuCarriage Project: A Multi-Centre Comparative Study to Identify the Best Serotyping Methods for Examining Pneumococcal Carriage

The PneuCarriage project, a large, international multi-centre study for the identification of the best pneumococcal serotyping methods for carriage studies

Is sexual content in new media linked to sexual risk behaviour in young people? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Strong association between self-reported exposure to sexual content in new media and sexual behaviours in young people

Researchers urge caution in how asthma test is used

Researchers are urging caution in the use of a widely accepted test for diagnosing asthma, after their study found it may not be accurate in some settings.

Pick up a book

A number of studies at The Kids Research Institute Australia show that reading and talking with your child and sharing language-based encounters, can have a huge impact.

The Folate Story

Neural tube defects are birth defects of the brain or spinal cord. They happen mostly in the first month of pregnancy before many women know they are expecting.

Sugary drinks in the spotlight

At The Kids, many of our studies have uncovered significant health risks associated with both high sugar drinks and energy drinks.