South Australian researchers find boiled peanuts could help reduce children’s peanut allergies.
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South Australian researchers find boiled peanuts could help reduce children’s peanut allergies.

A new clinical trial, funded by the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation (CRF), has found that boiling peanuts can help up to 80 per cent of allergic children become desensitised to
Clinical trial shows boiled peanuts could help overcome child peanut allergy
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Clinical trial shows boiled peanuts could help overcome child peanut allergy

Media Release : 19:00 AEDT Wednesday 11 January 2022 Boiling peanuts for up to 12 hours could help overcome children’s allergic reactions according to the results of a clinical trial
Prescribing of psychiatric drugs to Australian kids on the rise
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Prescribing of psychiatric drugs to Australian kids on the rise

Media Release: University of Adelaide… Australian doctors are prescribing more psychiatric drugs to children and adolescents, researchers from the University of Adelaide have found. This is despite the known risks
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Maternal iodine intake, thyroid function in pregnancy and executive function of children at 6 years of age.

Chief Investigator: Dr Shao Jia Zhou Funding Amount: $74,577 Recipient: University of Adelaide Overview: Iodine is essential for thyroid hormone production and critical for brain development. In pregnancy, inadequate or
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Family by Family: Addressing childhood obesity through local understandings and local solutions

Chief Investigator: Professor Megan Warin Funding Amount: $74,517 Recipient: University of Adelaide Overview: Innovative ways of tackling childhood obesity in disadvantaged communities are urgently needed. This mixed-methods research will evaluate
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Injury site-derived proteoglycan glypican-3 suppresses growth plate cartilage bony repair and bone fracture healing

Chief Investigator: Dr Yu-Wen Su Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Two major challenges in paediatric orthopaedics are (1) the faulty or unwanted bony repair of injured
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Thriving in adversity: disadvantaged children performing well in school

Chief Investigator: Dr Catherine Chittleborough Funding Amount: $72,164 Recipient: University of Adelaide Overview: Australian Early Development Census results for South Australian children show 23.5% are developmentally vulnerable at age 5.