NDIANAPOLIS — Warning lights hover over the snoozing patients in Riley Hospital for Children’s neonatal intensive care unit, ready to flash whenever sound levels creep beyond normal conversation. As decibels rise, the colors on the new monitoring system change from green to yellow to red, hushing chatty parents or doctors so the babies get the [...]

The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute development board invites you and your family to Discovery Day a family picnic day hosted by our patron Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE in her beautiful gardens at Cruden Farm.
Sunday 24 February 2008 10am – 3pm
Tickets
$40 for adults, all children free. LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE. The event will go [...]

I was forwarded a link to the Australian Synchrotron Science about a case study being performed by ~ The University of Queensland.
This is the information they provided on their website:
We need a layer of natural lung surfactant NLS that is just 1 molecule thick to breathe. Premature babies lack NLS.

Animal-based and synthetic alternatives are [...]

I rode the lift to the fifth floor just as I had every day for the first 148 days of my child’s life. This time however, was different. We were going back. Only for a follow up appointment but the squirming, uneasy sensation in my stomach and my sweaty palms didn’t seem to know that.
My [...]

Three months after we left the Special Care Nursery, last week I finally ran into a brick wall, emotionally. Perversely, I think it is because the weather improved. All winter I complained about being stuck indoors due to the rain, but now the sun has come out I still can’t stop feeling fragile [...]

TONY EASTELY: Australian researchers say if mothers exclusively breastfeed their babies and there is a family history of allergies, it may actually increase the babies’ chances of developing allergies in later life. The study authors say while breastfeeding has many other benefits, it will not protect children against asthma and allergies in the long-term. But [...]