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Travelling with allergies
If you have a family member with an allergy, a simple trip away can be life-threatening.
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Allergy risk may be tied to how you wash your dishes
A new study suggests that parents who wash their dishes by hand, rather than in a dishwashing machine, may unwittingly lower the likelihood that their children will develop allergies.
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How to manage your child's food allergy
One in 10 babies born today will develop a food allergy before their first birthday.
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Does your child have a food allergy?
Understanding the signs and causes of food allergies is the first step in helping parents best protect their kids.
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Not all kids feel happy when they lose their first tooth
Around one in five kids experience negative emotions such as fear when their first tooth falls out.
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Digital diagnosis: How your smartphone or wearable device could forecast illness
What if you could forecast sickness, before you even had any symptoms? Your smartphone and digital data might be able to help.
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How to deal with the pesky pollen season
Pollen season is upon us, but there are ways those with an allergy to pollen can fight back.
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Free vaccine for teenagers amidst rise of deadly meningococcal disease
The federal government will fund a free meningococcal vaccine to protect teenagers against the rise of the deadly disease.
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How long are you contagious with gastro?
In many cases you may still be contagious long after you've returned to school or work. But there are simple things you can do to minimise the risk of spreading it to others.
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Boost Juice in hot water after mocking allergy sufferers
The company has been forced to apologise.
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Children with allergies at lower risk of appendicitis, new study finds
Scientists have discovered a link between allergies and appendicitis.
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'My daughter and I both found ourselves half blind at age four'
It’s time to do something about the woeful funding for ocular research in Australia, with more than 1600 vision-challenged babies being born every year.
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She was 11, with an eating disorder. It took her mum to figure it out
I had a sinking feeling that something was desperately wrong with my 10-year-old daughter.
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