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Hong Kong researcher highlights importance of nature for children during Joondalup Health Campus visit

Joondalup Health Campus welcomed international researcher Dr Tanja Sobko to share her research on the link between mental health and time spent in nature.

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Parents be alert but not alarmed

There is no doubt that developmental milestones play a very important role for parents.

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$26M Kids Bonus

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last night pledged at Telethon to fund a landmark $26 million health study that will follow the early lives of 10,000 WA children.

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50 years of magic and fun

Celebrating 50 years of collaboration between Telethon and ORIGINS.

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Aveley parents sign up ORIGINS

Cara and Peter signed up to The ORIGINS Project in 2017 when Cara was only six months pregnant with their first child, Oscar.

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Landmark $26m child health study eyes Wanneroo-Joondalup mums and dads

The Federal Government has joined with the Paul Ramsay Foundation to fund the project, with each pledging $13 million over 10 years.

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Key milestones delayed as parents spend more time on devices

Leading paediatrician and Co-Director of ORIGINS Professor Desiree Silva says key developmental milestones like smiling are being delayed because parents are spending too much time on devices.

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Early ORIGINS: Disease prevention starts with the early years

The Joondalup Health Campus and The Kids are investigating how childhood and adult-onset diseases can be prevented during foetal development and in the early years of life.

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Perth kids’ exposure to technology under microscope

The link between increasing anxiety among young children and too much screen time at the expense of “nature time” will be the focus of a new Perth study.

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