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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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Good news for ceoliac families: You don't need two toasters
The researchers have called the findings 'compelling'.
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Mum's warning about toy laser pointers after son's holiday eye injury
Buying cheap toys to occupy the kids while on holidays is something many parents do.
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'My mother-in-law and husband don't take my kid's severe food allergy seriously'
It's a case of life and death and this is one mum who is not backing down when it comes to protecting her son.
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A teen told the restaurant he had a dairy allergy. Then his birthday meal killed him.
Owen Carey died from anaphylactic shock two years ago after eating a birthday meal at British burger chain Byron.
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She didn't have a chance: three-year-old misdiagnosed with constipation dies of cancer
"They didn't give us a fair chance," says Aoife's heartbroken mother.
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No, it's not okay to make jokes about my child's life-threatening illness
I'd never heard of Downtown Brooklyn in the Sydney suburb of Penrith before this week. And it'd be safe to say many of you reading this hadn't either.
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What medical tests should healthy adults have?
At different times of life, there are some tests we're all advised to take – some better known than others. Here are some to pencil into your diary.
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Why did three-year-old Caitlin die from the flu? Family calls for inquest
Her parents want the hospital to publicly explain what happened and how they will prevent a death like Caitlin’s from happening again.
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If you thought kids could not get melanoma, think again.
Each year in Australia, about 30 children or adolescents are diagnosed with melanoma, and while it is considered rare, parents should not ignore symptoms
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Up to one in three kids have tooth decay
Experts call for measures like a sugar tax to help in the fight against tooth decay but face opposition from both governments and the sugar industry.
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CHOICE names top tissues for sniffly noses
Not all tissues are created equally.
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