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Travelling with allergies
If you have a family member with an allergy, a simple trip away can be life-threatening.
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 look after your kids when gastro strikes
While gastro is very common, it can be dangerous if it leads to dehydration.
What to do if your child has been poisoned
Poisons aren't always easy to spot: they are often contained in regular, day-to-day objects and take many different forms.
Use your hands when you sneeze? You're doing it wrong
New rules around coughing and sneezing suggest the best way is to use the crook of your arm to prevent germs spreading further than necessary.
When a child is sick and no one listens, this is what parents need to do
When six-month-old Kyran Day died after he was misdiagnosed with gastroenteritis in 2013, his parents Naomi and Grant were determined to prevent other families from suffering similar preventable tragedies.
Boy dies of carbon monoxide poisoning after fridge malfunction
His family is warning others.
After a 'beautiful' year without cancer, doctors found a spot in Evie's head
Cancer is the leading cause of death of Australian children, by disease. But only a tiny percentage of government funding goes to this research area.
12 things I wish 'non food allergy' parents understood
A lot of people just don't "get it".
5 foods and herbs to boost your immune system
When wellness is your focus.
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Kids cured of peanut allergy in Australian research breakthrough
Australian researchers have made a breakthrough in the treatment of the deadly peanut allergy in children.
Child flu cases show alarming rise amid incorrect advice from GPs
The Royal Children's Hospital has seen an increase of almost 50 per cent in flu cases so far this season.
Trial gives hope for teen with 'childhood Alzheimer's'
Jessica Sheehan is 18 but she lives with a disease that is often described as "childhood Alzheimer's".
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