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Comprehending the Health Informatics Spectrum: Grappling with System Entropy and Advancing Quality Clinical Research

We outline three scenarios from across the health spectrum where issues with health informatics are exemplified.

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PGE2 pulsing of murine bone marrow cells reduces migration of daughter monocytes/macrophages in vitro and in vivo

Our results reveal long-lasting changes to progenitor cells of monocytes/macrophages by a 2-hour dimethyl PGE2 pulse that, in turn, limits the migration of their daughter cells to chemoattractants and inflammatory mediators.

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Family Involvement in a Whole-School Bullying Intervention: Mothers’ and Fathers’ Communication and Influence with Children

These results highlight the importance of working with both male and female caregivers when addressing children’s bullying behaviour.

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A randomized controlled evaluation of a secondary school mindfulness program for early adolescents: Do we have the recipe right yet?

Further research is required to identify the optimal age, content and length of mindfulness programs for adolescents in universal prevention settings.

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Effect of obesity on neonatal hypoglycaemia in mothers with gestational diabetes: A comparative study

To determine the influence of obesity on neonatal hypoglycaemia among infants born to gestational diabetes mellitus mothers.

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Immunisation and pregnancy - who, what, when and why?

Recommending vaccination to pregnant women is important as evidence shows they are more likely to get vaccinated if their healthcare provider advises it

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Influenza epidemiology, vaccine coverage and vaccine effectiveness in children admitted to sentinel Australian hospitals in 2014

The Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN) is a sentinel hospital-based surveillance programme operating in all states and territories in Australia

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Probiotics for treatment and primary prevention of allergic diseases and asthma: looking back and moving forward

Review treatment and primary prevention studies, recent meta-analyses, and discuss the current understanding of the role of probiotics in this context

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Effectiveness of seasonal trivalent influenza vaccination against hospital-attended acute respiratory infections in pregnant women

Influenza vaccination during pregnancy was associated with significantly fewer hospital attendances for ARI in pregnant women

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Out-of-Home Care versus In-home Care for Children Who Have Been Maltreated: A Systematic Review of Health and Wellbeing Outcomes

Compared developmental health or wellbeing outcomes for maltreated children placed in out-of-home care with those cared for in their home