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HEAL network to tackle health impacts of climate changeTeams from The Kids Research Institute Australia and The University of Western Australia will lead the WA arm of a transformational national research network grounded in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge
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Aboriginal health research leader first recruit in national strategic partnershipDr Alex Brown to take up a new appointment as Professor of Indigenous Genomics.
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WA health experts say junk food and sugary drink sponsorships have no place in sportWA’s peak public health and medical experts have united in their call to end the sponsorship of sport by junk food companies.
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The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher wins Forrest Prospect Fellowship to examine youth suicide clustersA youth mental health researcher aiming to map suicide hotspots and avert further suicides in WA has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the Forrest Research Foundation.
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The Kids data expert joins life-changing Raine StudyCongratulations to Associate Professor Rebecca Glauert, Head of the Developmental Pathways and Social Policy Team at The Kids Research Institute Australia and an internationally recognised expert in data linkage.
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Alcohol industry lobbying puts babies at riskThe Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have urged Australia’s Food Safety Ministers to hold their nerve and resist alcohol industry efforts to water down health labels that will protect Australian babies from the lifelong effects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
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Assessing COVID-19 Across Western Australian SchoolsWestern Australia has been highly successful at containing community spread of COVID-19 to date.
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Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015Globally, life expectancy from birth increased from 61·7 years in 1980 to 71·8 years in 2015
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Prevention of Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes with Predictive Low Glucose Management SystemThe aim of this study was to determine whether predictive low glucose management (PLGM) system is effective in preventing insulin-induced hypoglycemia
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Heat-mediated reduction of apoptosis in UVB-damaged keratinocytes in vitro and in human skin ex vivoUVB-induced p53-mediated cell cycle arrest and apoptosis are reduced in the presence of heat stress, leading to increased survival of DNA damaged cells