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New research from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found that boys who are exposed to high levels of testosterone before birth are twice as likely to experience delays in language development.

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research Patron Professor Fiona Stanley has been reappointed to Australia’s peak science advisory body, the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC).

New research from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows that consumption of sugary drinks is high amongst Australian children and adolescents with the majority consumed in the home.

Pregnant women who already have an autistic child are being sought for a study by the Autism Research Team at WA’s Telethon Institute of Child Health Research.

New research from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found that young children whose mothers talk with them more frequently and in more detail about people’s thoughts and feelings tend to be better at taking another’s perspective than other children of the same age.

New research from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found that children whose father smoked around the time of conception may have a 35 per cent higher risk of developing childhood leukaemia.

A new study of child maltreatment over the last two decades in developed countries has found no consistent decrease in rates despite a raft of policy initiatives.

The Telethon Adventurers have announced a new research fellowship to investigate the genes involved in childhood brain tumours.

Leading paediatrician and infectious diseases specialist Professor Jonathan Carapetis has been appointed Director of Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.

The State Government has unveiled the concept design for the new children’s hospital which will also be the new home of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.