Dr Valerie Sung

Senior Researcher, Prevention Innovation Group, Population Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Paediatrician, Royal Children's Hospital; Honorary Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

Hearing loss still a challenge for kids

Children born with hearing loss are now routinely diagnosed within weeks of birth – having hearing aids and cochlear implants fitted well before school. So why are they still lagging behind their hearing peers in language?

Health & Medicine

The probiotic hope for colic

New international research finds that the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri can help treat breastfed babies less than 3 months old who have colic (and their struggling parents)