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NEWS AND ARTICLES | MAY 2nd 2010 - Almost one year on from launching the "Angel Breaths" Campaign and WIRF is thrilled to have purchased two High Frequency Jet Ventilators for King Edward Memorial Hospital. Little Kaylee is the first baby in WA to breathe tiny angel breaths (see Sunday Times article).
The research behind Jet Ventilation in neonates was performed by Prof Jane Pillow through the Women and Infants Research Foundation and The University of Western Australia.
WIRF would like to convey special thanks to everyone who supoprted the "Angel Breaths" campaign - United Community Foundation, ABN Foundation, Moulin family, Stoney family, Musbah Family and many others for their generous contributions.
The Angel Breaths Campaign continues to raise money for research and equipment for preterm babies. To make a donation please click here.
| APRIL 2010 - We're delighted to announce that WIRF will be the WA beneficiary of a national women's hospital appeal run by Kmart in May and June this year.
As part of Kmart's community program for 2010 the retailer is helping to build better lives for families, and for the months of May and June mum's the word with the focus on women's health. You can read more details in the PDF download...
|  | Dedicated mother of two, Tash Gould, comes from Roleystone twice a week to volunteer at the Women and Infants Research Foundation located at King Edward Memorial Hospital. Download the full article.
| 2005 Nobel Prize winner Professor Barry Marshall and scientists working on revolutionary treatments to prevent asthma are among more than 100 Western Australian researchers to receive State Government medical research grants totaling $5 million. Full article here.
| POOR oral hygiene in pregnancy could be linked to an increased risk of pre-term delivery, according to a leading obstetric researcher. Full article.
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