Janelle Miles
Science and Medical Journalist at ABC News (Australia)
Science and medical journalist. Keen photographer. Be kind. #wethe15
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5 days ago |
abc.net.au | Janelle Miles
A prisoner has died two days after an altercation with another mental health patient at the Princess Alexandra Hospital's psychiatric ward, in Brisbane's south. The ABC understands the incident is being treated as a death in custody and a report is being prepared for the coroner. Police have confirmed officers from the Corrective Services Investigation Unit are probing the "sudden death" of a man on May 4 after officers were notified at about 11.20am that day.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Janelle Miles
Warning: This story contains content that might upset some readers. Five-week-old Sidney Mahony lies in his mother Ashleigh's arms on a secluded balcony at the Queensland Children's Hospital on a summer's day in February. It's 3pm and time to say goodbye — way too soon after their first hello. Dad Lonni is here and Sidney's older sister Tully, then still a toddler. Other family and close friends have also arrived.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Kate McKenna |Janelle Miles |Jessica Black
A Queensland IVF patient who had to cancel her embryo transfer because it did not comply with new legislation has been told she can go ahead with her treatment. The mother of one, who's in her late thirties, had used a donor from the US sperm bank Xytex for her first child, and to fertilise her frozen embryo.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Janelle Miles |Emma Pollard
A new study has revealed newborns who are vitamin D deficient at birth are at a higher risk of future mental health disorders. Researchers analysed vitamin D levels from more than 70,000 people born in Denmark between 1981 and 2005, where blood spot tests from newborns are kept. Vitamin D is one of the topics being considered by a federal government-funded review of Australia's pregnancy care guidelines.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Janelle Miles
A global study has identified 25 genes believed to cause obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Researchers compared genetic data from more than 50,000 people worldwide who have OCD, with the DNA of about two million people who do not. Experts hope the research will lay the groundwork for more effective treatments. Researchers have identified 25 genes they believe cause obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
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In a raw interview, Ashleigh and Lonni Mahony open up about losing their baby son, Sidney, who was born with a heart defect, and what helped them through a devastating time in their lives. https://t.co/Zm150iRFRy
Spied this fellow while out gardening in Brisbane today. https://t.co/rWVWsQA915
Babies born with vitamin D deficiency at higher risk of schizophrenia, ADHD and autism, new study finds https://t.co/0ZFa9l9DEo via @ABCaustralia
