What sorts of things were discovered?
Here are just a few examples of health outcomes or new knowledge that benefited the community, as a result of long-term follow-up studies: • Busselton Health Study – Development of easier, cheaper and more widely available diagnostic test for haemochromatosis (iron overload) • The Raine Study – Showed that repeated ultrasounds do not benefit pregnant women or their babies • Children of the 90’s (ALSPAC) Study – Research suggests that premature babies are more prone to emotional and behavioural problems like ADHD in later childhood
