Public and allied health

Will independent doctors at games help the AFL’s concussion problem?

uqccla15 — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 01:43:27 +0000

8 April 2024The AFL recently announced it is considering appointing independent doctors at all games to assist club medical staff in identifying and assessing players for potential head injuries. What does it mean for the game?

Leading healthy lives

Social understanding

Running or yoga can help beat depression, research shows

uqccla15 — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 01:00:33 +0000

1 March 2024Even if exercise is the last thing you feel like, it can be just as impactful at treating depression as therapy, new research has found.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Do I need the new COVID booster?

uqccla15 — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:57:00 +0000

1 December 2023What are the new COVID booster vaccines? Can I get one? Do they work? And are they safe?

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

The sobering facts about alcohol

uqccla15 — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 03:16:09 +0000

20 December 2023Ever wondered how accurate hangover cures are? And is there really such a thing as ‘healthy drinking’?

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

How to spend less on food this Christmas

uqccla15 — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 03:07:46 +0000

18 December 2023A healthy diet in line with the Australian Dietary Guidelines is cheaper than an unhealthy diet. Switching could save $160 off a family of 4’s fortnightly shopping bill.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

What are the new COVID booster vaccines?

uqccla15 — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:55:14 +0000

1 November 2023Can I get one? Do they work? Are they safe? Associate Professor Paul Griffin explains.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

��̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

uqccla15 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 02:45:05 +0000

3 November 2023Work is underway at ��̽��'s BASE facility to produce nRMA vaccines and therapies for clinical trials.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

How should I add sunscreen to my skincare routine now it’s getting hotter?

uqccla15 — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 23:50:47 +0000

16 October 2023Too much sun exposure can also lead to premature ageing, resulting in wrinkles, fine lines and age spots. Can a tweak to your skincare routine help prevent this?

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Surprising secrets for a better night's sleep (and better health)

uqccla15 — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 22:16:18 +0000

29 September 2023We all know how important a good night’s shuteye is for us – but here are some everyday habits and trends that are preventing you from getting your best possible sleep.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

1 in 6 women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes

uqccla15 — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:40:52 +0000

8 September 2023When Sophie was pregnant with her first baby, she had an oral glucose tolerance blood test. A few days later, the hospital phoned telling her she had gestational diabetes.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Award winner's AI plan to prevent youth vaping

uqccla15 — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 01:14:16 +0000

5 September 2023Vaping has dramatically increased in popularity in recent years, with a 40% surge in users between 2018 and 2022. But what if Artificial Intelligence could stop young people from taking up the habit?

Defence, cyber and space

Digital technology

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Transforming societies

Nine signs you have inflammation in your body

uqccla15 — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 03:59:32 +0000

24 August 2023Could an anti-inflammatory diet help with your aches, pains and other symptoms?

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Joy Wolfram: Nanoparticles, fire trucks, and changing our approach to cancer

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 02:38:06 +0000

7 July 2023Joy's mission is to essentially reshape what we know about the medical landscape, after losing a close friend to cancer.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Rising monkey and pig populations pose human disease risk

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 02:05:03 +0000

3 July 2023Exploding wild pig and macaque monkey populations in Southeast Asia are threatening native forests and disease outbreaks in livestock and people.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Public and allied health

World’s first case of dementia linked to repetitive brain trauma in female athlete

uqccla15 — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 03:35:57 +0000

5 July 2023Researchers at the Australian Sports Brain Bank have reported the world’s first diagnosis of CTE in a female athlete.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

From the NBA to FNQ: bringing sports science on Country

uqccla15 — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:40:53 +0000

15 June 2023Yarrabah in Far North Queensland is a long way from the packed stadiums of the NBA. But First Nations sport scientist Emily Hall is comfortable putting a sneaker clad foot in both camps.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Transforming societies

COVID-19 can cause brain cells to 'fuse'

uqccla15 — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:33:34 +0000

19 June 2023Professor Massimo Hilliard and Dr Ramon Martinez-Marmol from the Queensland Brain Institute have explored how viruses alter the function of the nervous system.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Striking a nerve

uqccla15 — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:28:38 +0000

12 June 2023��̽�� researchers have shown for the first time that some of the world’s most painful ant stings target nerves, like snake and scorpion venom.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Public and allied health

Our cemeteries face a housing crisis too

uqccla15 — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:57:19 +0000

8 June 2023Australia’s housing crisis is no secret. What many people don’t realise is that there’s another, less visible housing crisis. Australia’s urban cemeteries are running out of space.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Transforming societies

Exhausted, disconnected and fed up

uqccla15 — Tue, 30 May 2023 22:59:08 +0000

22 May 2023What is ‘parental burnout’ and what can you do about it?

Public and allied health

Social understanding

What to eat when you have COVID

uqccla15 — Wed, 03 May 2023 23:25:14 +0000

27 April 2023Deciding what to eat can be mentally taxing, especially when you are not feeling well. However, our diet plays a role in preventing and managing poor health, including COVID.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Dirty air diminishes both body and brain

uqnross4 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 06:04:38 +0000

14 April 2023We all know that polluted air can make it harder to breathe, but did you know that it also makes it harder to think? Even work?

Environment

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Learning to speak again

uqccla15 — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:35:55 +0000

30 March 2023See how the award-winning team at the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre is helping people speak to their loved ones again.

Designing technology for tomorrow

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

When it’s no longer safe to drive

uqccla15 — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 23:43:44 +0000

24 March 2023Many older people fear losing their driver’s licence and what it may mean for their independence, but ��̽�� researchers hope a new fitness-to-drive assessment test will help end the confusion.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Why it matters allowing donor-conceived people to know the identity of their donor

uqccla15 — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:26:51 +0000

14 March 2023Our researchers breakdown the Queensland government's decision to accept in principle recommendations from a 2022 inquiry into the rights of donor-conceived people.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

How a digital tool aims to prevent Vietnam's Dengue epidemic

uqccla15 — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:10:55 +0000

9 February 2023E-Dengue uses a prediction model to help local communities and health centres mitigate outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease in the Mekong Delta Region.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Public and allied health

Transforming societies

Urgent call to action on Qld skin cancer rates

uqccla15 — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 22:22:33 +0000

27 January 2023Queenslanders are being challenged to slash the state’s skin cancer numbers by a quarter over the next 3 decades with a new report showing we’ve dropped the ball on prevention of the deadly disease.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

The sleep whisperer

uqccla15 — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 21:32:42 +0000

18 January 2023As a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Specialist with the Queensland Children’s Hospital, Dr Jasneek Chawla explores new treatments for children with neurodisabilities.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Paving the way for new oral HIV treatments

uqccla15 — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 02:02:38 +0000

20 December 2022Dr Felicity Han says there's room for improvement when it comes to the painful injections that many people living with HIV endure each day.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Designing technology for tomorrow

Public and allied health

In disasters, people are abandoning official info for social media

uqccla15 — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 02:42:08 +0000

14 November 2022In an emergency, where do you turn to find out what’s going on and what you should do to stay safe? Associate Professor Stan Karanasios answers.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Public and allied health

What are ��̽��’s longest running research projects?

uqccla15 — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:23:05 +0000

30 August 2022Ahead of Research and Innovation Week, we explored the University's longest running research projects. From viscus liquids, to women's health, these are the projects that have been running for decades and in one case almost a century!

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Refugees and migrants often excluded from mainstream DV services

uqccla15 — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 23:16:41 +0000

3 August 2022Migrant and refugee women are treated differently by domestic violence support services and policy makers, new research has found. Read why.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Sore throats suck. Do throat lozenges help at all?

uqccla15 — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:33:09 +0000

19 July 2022The most common treatment is probably throat lozenges – but do they really work any better than sucking on a hard lolly? Dr David King explains.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

The health of Australian women is changing, so what happened?

uqccla15 — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 02:54:20 +0000

20 June 2022Since 1996, the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health has examined the health fortunes of four generations of Australian women.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Public and allied health

Social understanding

��̽�� explores health partnerships with Torres Strait Islands

uqccla15 — Mon, 30 May 2022 22:28:09 +0000

31 May 2022This Reconciliation Week, Research News takes a look at one of the amazing health initiatives being undertaken in the most northern part of Queensland. Check out the incredible photos of life in the Torres Strait Islands, and the challenges faced by its residents every day.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Endometriosis and ovarian cancer genetically tied

uqccla15 — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:52:20 +0000

7 April 2022Researchers have found a genetic link between endometriosis and ovarian cancer subtypes. Dr Sally Mortlock explains.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Bugs in floods - the microbes lurking in mud

uqccla15 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:23:13 +0000

28 March 2022While rising floodwaters pose an immediate danger to human life, disease-causing microbes lurking in those same waters can cause infection and illness well after the waters have peaked and clean-up continues.

Energy, water and resources

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

WATCH: What drives the down syndrome condition?

uqccla15 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 22:47:19 +0000

1 April 2022Tiny ‘live’ brain models are being used at The University of Queensland to study a condition causing high-functioning young people with down syndrome to suddenly regress. See how it works.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

COVID-19 Q&A: IMB's virologist answers your questions

uqccla15 — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 01:29:05 +0000

4 March 2022IMB virologist Dr Larisa Labzin answers questions about "long COVID" and whether scientists could eventually develop a vaccine against all COVID-19 variants.

COVID-19

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

WATCH: Natural mineral may reverse memory loss

uqccla15 — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 22:12:43 +0000

21 February 2022Selenium – a mineral found in many foods – could reverse the cognitive impact of stroke and boost learning and memory in ageing brains, according to Queensland Brain Institute researchers.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

WATCH: Vitamin D not effective in treating psychosis

uqccla15 — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:53:26 +0000

28 December 2021Vitamin D supplements are not effective in improving mental or physical health in people with recent onset psychosis, according to new research.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Dietary diversity to promote ‘‘good bugs’’ in the gut

uqccla15 — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:44:26 +0000

28 January 2022Caring for our guts, or digestive system, by enhancing the growth of “good bugs” is an important focus for health, ��̽�� research has found.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

WATCH: Our world-first lung cancer screening facility

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 04:44:22 +0000

1 December 2021A semi-trailer will be converted into the world’s first mobile lung cancer screening facility to help boost early detection and increase survival rates in rural and remote Queensland where access to specialists is limited.

Designing technology for tomorrow

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Going viral with Dr Kym Lowry

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 03:51:41 +0000

4 January 2022Dr Lowry, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Microbial Diagnostics and Characterisation Group, is currently researching the types of respiratory viruses that have circulated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

A vision of Indigenous health and wellbeing

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 02:06:38 +0000

10 January 2022Cancer is a leading cause of death in Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Read how an Indigenous ��̽�� professor aims to change this.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Algorithms and AI: The key to delivering better patient outcomes

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 01:57:39 +0000

21 December 2021New research from ��̽�� is exploring how algorithms and artificial intelligence-based systems can provide earlier, more accurate and potentially life-saving patient information to doctors and clinicians.

Designing technology for tomorrow

Digital technology

Public and allied health

WATCH: What is it about the COVID virus that causes a high risk of blood clots?

uqccla15 — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 23:33:59 +0000

4 November 2021The SARS-CoV-2 virus does not infect blood vessels, despite the high risk of blood clots to COVID-19 patients, University of Queensland researchers have found.

COVID-19

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Achieving Aboriginal health equity through surveillance and support

uqccla15 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 04:13:25 +0000

26 October 2021It’s one of the largest surveillance networks of First Nations health services globally. Read about this incredible ��̽�� project.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Prostate cancer: Not so secret men's business

uqccla15 — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:15:49 +0000

17 September 2021At The University of Queensland, several esteemed researchers, doctors and scientists are working on different projects to help mitigate the problem.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

COVID-19 killing coating a spray away

uqccla15 — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:07:45 +0000

15 September 2021An antiviral surface coating technology sprayed on face masks could provide an extra layer of protection against COVID-19 and the flu.

COVID-19

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Designing technology for tomorrow

Public and allied health

'We need to do better for young people'

uqccla15 — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 00:02:58 +0000

14 September 2021An expert panel of University of Queensland researchers is examining the issue of sexual consent and will make recommendations to governments and schools about how to better teach young Australians about sexual violence.

Public and allied health

Transforming societies

'No need to panic' about viral variant found in South Africa

uqccla15 — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:18:35 +0000

2 September 2021Scientists in South Africa have discovered a new viral variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

COVID-19

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Transforming societies

A vital tool to study virus evolution in the test tube

uqccla15 — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 05:18:25 +0000

9 June 2021Variants of viruses, such as that causing COVID-19, can now be quickly studied in the laboratory, even before they emerge in nature and become a major public health challenge.

COVID-19

Designing technology for tomorrow

Digital technology

Public and allied health

Getting to the heart of the matter: why rural and remote health research has value

uqccla15 — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 04:41:34 +0000

10 August 2021��̽�� health economists have partnered with a rural health and medical research network to shine a light on the value of rural health research.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

The digital health generation

uqccla15 — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 05:24:15 +0000

6 August 2021��̽�� Business School researchers are working with Queensland Health and the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre to help digitalise and transform healthcare delivery in Queensland.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Transforming societies

Increasing the accuracy of early ovarian cancer detection

uqccla15 — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:11:29 +0000

26 July 2021A test being developed in Queensland could help to reduce the high mortality rate from ovarian cancer by dramatically improving the accuracy of early detection.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Ticket to freedom

uqccla15 — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:12:10 +0000

12 July 2021Should Australia introduce a vaccine passport?

Business transformation

Digital technology

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Transforming societies

We found more than 54,000 viruses in people’s poo — and 92% were previously unknown to science

uqccla15 — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 21:33:07 +0000

25 June 2021You could say there are a 'crapload' of viruses in the human gut. Luckily, most of these do not attack our cells, but instead feed on bacteria.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Q&A with Dr Keane Wheeler

uqccla15 — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 22:06:40 +0000

9 June 2021��̽�� School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences Dr Keane Wheeler is one of nine new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics recruited through ��̽��'s alternative career pathway program. Read how he's making change on campus.

Public and allied health

Pandemic-proofing Australia's education system

uqccla15 — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 22:01:55 +0000

9 June 2021Researchers are urging key decision makers and sector stakeholders to help close the educational divide and improve Australia’s treatment of disadvantaged young people.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

What's the Delta COVID variant found in Melbourne? Is it more infectious and does it spread more in kids?

uqccla15 — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 21:54:26 +0000

8 June 2021Early data suggests it’s more transmissible than other variants.

COVID-19

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Australian heart attack survival among best in world – but could be better

uqccla15 — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 22:24:04 +0000

7 June 2021A study has found 62.3 per cent of heart attack sufferers in Australia and New Zealand lived a further seven years or more.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Q&A with Dr Jared Miles

uqccla15 — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 21:53:56 +0000

4 June 2021��̽�� graduate and registered pharmacist Dr Jared Miles is one of nine new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics creating change.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Taking rehabilitation to where it’s needed

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 05:54:12 +0000

26 March 2019��̽��’s telerehabilitation research has improved the lives of thousands of people around the world by allowing them to receive therapy in their own homes.

Business transformation

Impact

Public and allied health

The 'high' cost of substance abuse

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:53:12 +0000

10 September 2018To celebrate Research Week 2018, ��̽�� is proud to share how ��̽�� research is creating change, right across the world, every day. Discover how our researchers are collaborating with research partners both in Australia and abroad to tackle substance abuse head-on.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Beyond breastfeeding barriers

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:44:27 +0000

31 July 2018��̽�� researchers have discovered strong links between a mother's level of education and whether or for how long she breastfeeds her children, posing important questions about the barriers to breastfeeding and how best to overcome them.

Impact

Public and allied health

Aiming to end endo

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:32:29 +0000

3 July 2018��̽�� researchers are working hard to help our daughters in the battle against endometriosis, a crippling disease that affects 10 per cent of women of child-bearing age.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Reducing the cost of dementia

uqccla15 — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:05:04 +0000

27 May 2021What if dementia could be prevented? ��̽�� PhD economics candidate and 3MT finalist Sabrina Lenzen believes this may be possible.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Easing the burden

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 06:49:59 +0000

4 January 2018��̽�� researchers are applying a formula that measures the global burden of mental disorders – and it can be applied anywhere to compare any medical condition.

Impact

Public and allied health

Early de-tech-tion to beat cancer

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 01:12:21 +0000

3 January 2018Skin cancer research at ��̽�� is leading the charge to improve early detection and diagnosis, with several breakthroughs so far helping to improve treatment possibilities that will eventually save the lives of millions worldwide.

Impact

Public and allied health

Early research suggests climate change could lead to more stillbirths

uqccla15 — Mon, 24 May 2021 01:04:22 +0000

24 May 2021Scientists are investigating whether rising global temperatures may lead to more stillbirths, saying further study is needed on the subject as climates change.

Environment

Public and allied health

Independent three-year study finds good news for Queensland nightlife

uqccla15 — Mon, 24 May 2021 00:49:12 +0000

21 May 2021The incidence of alcohol-related violence fell in Queensland’s key nightlife areas while business continued to grow after the Queensland Government’s Tackling Alcohol Fuelled Violence policy was introduced, research has found.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Guardian angel

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:55:01 +0000

5 January 2018In just over a decade since its commercial release, a ��̽�� vaccine breakthrough has significantly lowered the risk of HPV-related cancers for thousands of women around the world, with 205 million doses distributed in 130 countries to date.

Impact

Public and allied health

A sweet pill to swallow

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:53:29 +0000

29 March 2019Thanks to pioneering ��̽�� research, people suffering from inflammatory bowel disease and rare blood disorders worldwide could soon benefit from safer and more convenient treatments.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Bridging the distance via telehealth

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:39:30 +0000

12 September 2019The ��̽�� Centre for Online Health (COH) is proud of its continuing role in improving health care for Indigenous Australians through technological innovation.

Impact

Public and allied health

Please be upstanding

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:32:41 +0000

4 November 2019��̽��’s Associate Professor Genevieve Healy is helping workers combat the negative impacts of sitting for long periods of time by supporting them to stand up for their health.

Impact

Public and allied health

Birthing in our community

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:29:13 +0000

27 November 2019Thanks to ��̽�� partnered research, which developed a new model of care, the odds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experiencing a premature birth have halved in five years.

Impact

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Cough a lot? No, Coughalytics!

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:25:02 +0000

5 January 2018��̽�� researchers are working with hospitals, NGOs and industry to develop non-invasive technology for diagnosing illness, to boost mass health screening and minimise disease.

Digital technology

Impact

Public and allied health

A social cure for better health

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:20:48 +0000

12 March 2020How a ��̽�� program designed to reduce loneliness is gaining traction around the world.

Impact

Public and allied health

Charting a new course

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:19:50 +0000

3 February 2020How colour-coded observation charts pioneered by ��̽�� researchers are helping save more lives in hospitals.

Impact

Public and allied health

Alleviating anxiety in ageing

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:09:52 +0000

1 April 2020��̽�� researchers have developed a simple tool to detect anxiety in older adults, and it's being used around the world.

Impact

Public and allied health

So long, superbugs – crowdsourcing is here

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 04:39:17 +0000

1 May 2018By creating the world’s first molecule bank, ��̽�� scientists are working with industry and institutional partners to crowdsource antibiotic compounds, aiming to seek out new antibiotics and prevent the proliferation of drug-resistant superbugs.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Not such a pain

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 04:32:48 +0000

3 January 2018Chronic pain is very hard to live with but, thanks to the perseverance of ��̽�� pharmaceutical research, help may soon be at hand for the millions of people around the world in desperate need of respite.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

A broken system

uqccla15 — Wed, 19 May 2021 04:39:55 +0000

19 May 2021What does the Aged Care Royal Commission mean for you and your family? ��̽�� researchers break down the findings and their impact on Australia.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Australian research helps reduce Sri Lankan pesticide deaths

uqccla15 — Wed, 12 May 2021 21:58:58 +0000

11 May 2021Sri Lanka is reducing its pesticide-attributable deaths and overall suicide mortality using research from The University of Queensland.

Agribusiness

Public and allied health

From cannabis cream to antibiotic dream

uqccla15 — Wed, 12 May 2021 04:19:41 +0000

12 May 2021Researchers at ��̽��’s Centre for Superbug Solutions believe they may have found a new class of antibiotics effective against drug-resistant bacteria – all from being asked to help characterise an acne cream.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Public and allied health

Health study could save millions of dollars and reduce environmental footprint

uqccla15 — Sun, 09 May 2021 23:24:03 +0000

7 May 2021A ��̽�� study found that hospitals were replacing infusion sets unnecessarily quickly costing Queensland an extra $15 million a year.

Public and allied health

New pregnancy physical activity guidelines recommended

uqccla15 — Sun, 09 May 2021 23:10:30 +0000

9 May 2021The guidelines recommend that women who were active before pregnancy should continue with physical activity while carrying their baby.

Public and allied health

��̽�� research finds new way to reduce scarring

uqccla15 — Sun, 09 May 2021 22:35:33 +0000

7 May 2021Researchers have been able to reduce scarring by blocking part of the healing process in research that could make a significant difference for burns and other trauma patients.

Public and allied health

Instant rice packs a plastic punch

uqccla15 — Sun, 09 May 2021 22:29:48 +0000

10 May 2021People are consuming three to four milligrams of plastic for every 100 grams of rice they eat, with the number jumping to 13 milligrams per serve for instant rice, according to ��̽�� research.

Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

Public and allied health

A new road for whiplash recovery

uqccla15 — Thu, 06 May 2021 23:31:18 +0000

7 May 2021Professor Michele Sterling’s research has created a paradigm shift in the way road traffic injuries are managed.

Public and allied health

Climatic factors linked to asthma prevalence

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:39:39 +0000

27 April 2021Climate may play a role in the prevalence of asthma, with a University of Queensland study suggesting more sunshine potentially reduces the incidence.

Environment

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Urgent need to safeguard mental health in climate change

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:29:51 +0000

28 April 2021The mental health risks of climate change are now well established, and new research is urgently needed to guide responses that will safeguard mental health.

Environment

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Boosting success for premature children starting school

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:18:32 +0000

27 April 2021Ensuring children who were born premature are ready for school when the time comes is the focus of ��̽�� research.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

How lobed brain corals are helping solve the mystery of what general anaesthesia does to the brain

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:11:55 +0000

27 April 2021Although humans have used general anaesthesia for more than 150 years, we still don’t fully understand how it affects the brain.

Environment

Public and allied health

Antidepressant withdrawal or relapse? Doctors can’t really tell

uqccla15 — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:32:23 +0000

23 April 2021Doctors need more evidence to help patients stop taking antidepressants safely and effectively, a collaborative study with The University of Queensland has found.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

‘Stickiness’ key to better diagnostics and pharmaceuticals

uqccla15 — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:24:05 +0000

23 April 2021The ‘stickiness’ of microscopic liquids can now be measured thousands of times faster, potentially leading to better understanding of living cells, disease diagnostics and pharmaceutical testing.

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Public and allied health

Early warning for immune system over-reaction in cancer treatment and COVID-19

uqccla15 — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:12:56 +0000

17 February 2021University of Queensland researchers have developed a diagnostic device, called an Immuno-storm chip, that could identify which cancer and COVID-19 patients are at risk of a potentially lethal issue.

Public and allied health

Mapping genetic roles to understand human development

uqccla15 — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:25:21 +0000

22 April 2021Researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute are a step closer to unravelling the role of small nucleic acid fragments found in each of our cells, crucial to human development and responding to our environment.

Public and allied health

Discontinuing antidepressants requires careful planning

uqccla15 — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:04:45 +0000

20 April 2021The decision to stop prescribing long-term anti-depressants should be made only after careful preparation by GPs and their patients, ��̽�� research has found.

Public and allied health

Children of young mothers most at risk of child abuse

uqccla15 — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:58:49 +0000

16 April 2021Researchers followed 520 pairs of sibling enrolled in a study in Brisbane.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Study shows clamp technology promising for future vaccine development

uqccla15 — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:37:08 +0000

20 April 2021A ��̽�� researcher said 99 per cent of vaccinated participants in the study produced a neutralising immune response.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Increased exercise could help reduce heavy periods

uqccla15 — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 23:49:48 +0000

19 April 2021Increased physical activity could reduce the chance of heavy menstrual periods in women who are overweight or obese, a ��̽��-led study has found.

Public and allied health

Gut health and mood genetically entwined

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:12:59 +0000

25 February 2021Stomach ulcers are linked to depression, say researchers who conducted the world’s largest study of genetic factors in peptic ulcer disease.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Rise in cases of binge-eating disorder

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 02:42:08 +0000

4 March 2021Anorexia and bulimia aren’t the only eating disorders that warrant attention, according to a ��̽�� researcher.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

More Australians use psychedelics to self-treat mental health

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 02:22:51 +0000

5 March 2021Some Australians are turning to psychedelic drugs to self-treat mental illness and emotional distress, a research study involving ��̽�� has revealed.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Pollen forecasting research a boost for asthma and hay fever sufferers

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 03:20:50 +0000

12 March 2021New research has revealed a potential link between pollen from certain grass species and respiratory health issues such as asthma and hay fever.

Environment

Public and allied health

Keeping COVID-19 vaccine cold in PNG without reliable electricity

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 03:01:44 +0000

19 March 2021Australia is sending 8,000 vaccine doses to PNG – but without reliable electricity, how will they be kept cold?

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

The clear message on promoting body positivity

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 01:58:14 +0000

30 March 2021Public health campaigns that challenge weight stigma and promote body positivity can boost the health and well-being for people of all body sizes, according to a ��̽�� study.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

E-cigarettes help smokers quit for good

uqccla15 — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 01:04:24 +0000

7 April 2021E-cigarettes may be more effective in helping smokers quit than nicotine replacement therapies such as patches and gum, according to ��̽�� research.

Public and allied health

Suicidality among childbearing women a major challenge

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:53:10 +0000

9 April 2021A study by ��̽�� researchers has highlighted the need to improve mental health assessments and pathways to care for childbearing women who experience suicidality.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

‘Catch-22’ scenario good news for some cancer patients

uqclayt — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:25:12 +0000

24 March 2021Traits that allow cancer cells to escape the body’s natural defence system and develop into tumours are actually a good indicator to a patient’s survival prognosis, according to ��̽�� researchers.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Volunteers needed for Australia-wide COVID study

uqclayt — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 03:09:44 +0000

19 February 2021Australians who have recovered from COVID-19 are being called on by researchers to help unravel the mystery of why people respond so differently to the virus.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Vaccine and drugs

Public and allied health

Vaccines alone won’t keep Australia safe in 2021. Here’s what else we need to do

uqsoutra — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:14:42 +0000

15 December 2020Australia’s response to the COVID pandemic has been a spectacular success, but has come at significant economic and broader health costs. To avoid another surge in case numbers, it is crucial that we plan for the coming months as we head into 2021.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Update on ��̽�� COVID-19 vaccine

uqsoutra — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:04:15 +0000

11 December 2020Following consultation with the Australian Government, CSL will not progress the ��̽�� COVID-19 vaccine candidate to Phase 2/3 clinical trials.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Can we be reinfected with COVID-19 after recovery?

uqsoutra — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 01:10:49 +0000

21 October 2020Actual re-infection that has been confirmed with genetic sequencing has now been reported in a few rare cases worldwide, indicating that it is indeed possible.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

VIDEO: Two experts on the race for a COVID-19 vaccine

uqsoutra — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 01:04:37 +0000

12 November 2020How hopeful should Australians and New Zealanders be about COVID-19 vaccines becoming available in 2021? And what do we need to learn from 2020 and this pandemic as we speed towards the new year?

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Queensland-made proteins and sophisticated antibody test for COVID-19 detection

uqsoutra — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:02:58 +0000

9 November 2020Locally made coronavirus proteins produced in a state-of-the-art laboratory in Brisbane are proving highly useful in a sophisticated blood test for COVID-19.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

COVID-19 Know the facts

uqsoutra — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 03:11:48 +0000

4 November 2020Can we really expect our lives to go back to normal in a post-vaccine world? Professor Ian Frazer and Dr Kirsty Short are back to answer the COVID-19 questions on all of our minds.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Podcast: The neurological effects of COVID-19

uqsoutra — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:48:01 +0000

28 October 2020New research born out of collaborations with virologists and neuroscience here at QBI has shown that coronavirus has co-opted a clever entry mechanism to get into cells - including neurons.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Bound by infection: identifying how COVID-19 interacts with cells

uqsoutra — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:54:39 +0000

21 October 2020An international team has found a way to potentially prevent the novel coronavirus from infecting cells, as well as clues as to why it is more infectious than similar viruses.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

A gender-biased pandemic: are women and men being affected differently by the COVID-19 crisis?

uqsoutra — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 06:36:19 +0000

24 September 2020Dr Fitzsimmons predicts women will be disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic for a number of reasons including the increased cases of domestic violence abuse, more pressure to take on broad domestic responsibilities including home schooling, and a higher percentage of women losing their job.

COVID-19

Social impacts

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Funding allows researchers to uncover the secrets of COVID-19 immunity

uqsoutra — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:28:47 +0000

12 October 2020Federal funding will help a team of researchers determine how long immunity lasts in people who’ve recovered from COVID-19, critical information as the world waits for a vaccine.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Queensland Science making a difference

uqsoutra — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 04:25:07 +0000

13 October 2020WATCH: Discover how ��̽�� researchers are contributing to some of the biggest challenges the world faces – the health of our communities, and environments; the quality and quantity of food available; abundant clean energy; and sustainable economies.

Agribusiness

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Digital technology

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Public and allied health

Queensland wastewater provides an early-warning system for COVID-19

uqsoutra — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:45:55 +0000

28 September 2020Trips to the toilet are creating an early-warning system that could be a key to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Public and allied health

Social understanding

��̽�� tech could offer ‘faster, cheaper and mobile’ COVID-19 diagnosis

uqsoutra — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:40:24 +0000

6 October 2020Technology that helps to quickly extract and analyse genetic material could be used for cheap, accurate and mobile COVID-19 testing, including at airports and remote testing centres.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Public and allied health

CSL signs agreement with Australian Government for ��̽�� vaccine supply

uqsoutra — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 04:51:08 +0000

7 September 2020Global biotech company CSL Limited will supply the Australian Government with 51 million doses of The University of Queensland’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate if it proves successful, under a heads of agreement announced today.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

First-of-a-kind study reveals the global socio-economic and environmental impacts of coronavirus

uqsoutra — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:52:32 +0000

23 July 2020Two researchers from The University of Queensland (��̽��) have contributed to a world-first study that has quantified the global socio-economic and environmental impacts of COVID-19. (��̽�� Business School)

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Social impacts

Business transformation

Public and allied health

Social understanding

COVID-19 cocktails: push for tighter alcohol advertising restrictions on social media

uqsoutra — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 01:04:48 +0000

31 August 2020��̽�� researchers reveal how alcohol advertisers are using social media to prey on parents and encourage drinking as a way to cope with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. (��̽�� News)

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Social impacts

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Urgent call for older Queenslanders to volunteer for COVID-19 study

uqsoutra — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 03:23:58 +0000

27 August 2020A call to arms has gone out to Queenslanders aged 56 and over to help advance The University of Queensland’s COVID-19 vaccine project. (News release)

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

��̽�� vaccine scientists report positive results from pre-clinical testing

uqsoutra — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 01:17:26 +0000

26 August 2020Pre-clinical testing of The University of Queensland’s COVID-19 vaccine has produced positive indications about its potential effectiveness and manufacturability.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Did someone say ‘election’?: how politics met pandemic to create ‘fortress Queensland’

uqsoutra — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 02:12:41 +0000

12 August 2020Government responses to COVID-19 in Australia have received, by and large, bipartisan support. An exception, it seems, is the imposition of restrictions on interstate movement. State borders have become a lightning rod for political friction and feverish commentary. With elections in the frame, this has escalated into apparent “border wars”.

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Social impacts

Public and allied health

'Covidiots' and the power of polarisation

uqsoutra — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 01:09:09 +0000

4 August 2020With Victoria now in a state of disaster, we’re reminded that we are all on the frontline of the battle with coronavirus. Our behaviours are more important than ever.

COVID-19

Social impacts

Public and allied health

Coronavirus restrictions on surgery leaves thousands on burgeoning wait lists — often living in agony

uqsoutra — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:52:01 +0000

5 August 2020Adding to the COVID-19 crisis is the massive number of people ditching private health care because of cost, job losses and the worsening recession.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

Sniffles, sneezing and cough? How to tell if it's a simple allergy rather than The Virus

uqsoutra — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 03:27:20 +0000

28 July 2020What if your sniffles, sore throat or cough aren’t infectious? What if they’re caused by hayfever or another allergic reaction? You may be doing a lot more isolating than you need to.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

Australian researchers track COVID-19 in wastewater from plane and cruise ship passengers

uqsoutra — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 02:06:10 +0000

16 July 2020As Australia considers how to safely welcome international visitors again, testing wastewater systems on long-haul planes and cruise ships could provide crucial information on detecting the presence of the COVID-19 virus in incoming passengers.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

Telehealth in lockdown meant 7 million fewer chances to transmit the coronavirus

uqsoutra — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:46:02 +0000

22 June 2020The expansion of telehealth services was a deliberate strategy to help reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission between practitioners and patients, so is it working?

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

Improving sepsis diagnosis in children with genomics

uqsoutra — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 05:26:32 +0000

17 June 2020Queensland researchers will aim to improve the diagnosis of sepsis by using genomic technology to save the lives of critically ill children who present to hospital with suspected sepsis.

Public and allied health

Keep your nose out of it: why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs

uqsoutra — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:11:36 +0000

20 May 2020Saliva is one of our biggest foes in the COVID-19 pandemic, because of its role in spreading the virus. But it could be our friend too, because it potentially offers a way to diagnose the disease without using invasive nasal swabs.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

Need for speed in COVID-19 digital contact tracing

uqsoutra — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 23:48:18 +0000

8 June 2020Australia’s COVIDSafe app needs to be faster and have higher uptake rates to be effective as the nation’s digital contact tracing solution, according to a working paper released by The University of Queensland’s Institute for Social Science Research.

COVID-19

Cybersecurity

Health and wellbeing

Social impacts

Public and allied health

New data shows surge in telehealth consults amidst COVID-19 pandemic

uqsoutra — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 23:45:30 +0000

8 June 2020Australians have seen a huge increase in telehealth consults since the outbreak of COVID-19 after University of Queensland researchers crunched the numbers from Medicare.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

COVID-19 vaccine agreement

uqclayt — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 05:02:42 +0000

5 June 2020A landmark partnership will help to accelerate the future development, manufacture and distribution of a University of Queensland COVID-19 vaccine.

COVID-19

Vaccine and drugs

Public and allied health

What the health: pregnancy and childbirth in the time of coronavirus

uqsoutra — Wed, 20 May 2020 00:58:59 +0000

19 May 2020What you need to know about pregnancy and childbirth in the time of coronavirus.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

Shielding health workers

uqsoutra — Tue, 19 May 2020 06:26:49 +0000

19 May 2020Known as the 'HappyShield', this reusable face shield that transforms a single clear, semi-rigid plastic sheet into a face shield in just two folds. With the addition of a strap, the shield conforms to the wearer’s head, and provides an effective barrier from splashes and sprays of infected bodily fluids.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

How a 150-year-old experiment with a beam of light showed germs exist – and that a face mask can help filter them out

uqsoutra — Mon, 18 May 2020 04:15:24 +0000

20 April 2020Respirators and face masks are staple pieces of personal protective equipment for hospital workers and others in public health, as the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Social impacts

Public and allied health

Lessons from HIV/AIDS for the fight against COVID-19 in Indonesia

uqsoutra — Thu, 07 May 2020 03:37:44 +0000

5 May 2020What we know from decades of fighting HIV in Indonesia is that there are no simple or quick fixes in an epidemic.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Social impacts

Public and allied health

Blueprint to protect the mental health of frontline medical workers

uqsoutra — Thu, 07 May 2020 03:01:16 +0000

6 May 2020University of Queensland researchers have developed a set of recommendations to manage the mental health of frontline medical workers during viral outbreaks, such as COVID-19.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

We’ve known about pandemic health messaging since 1918. So what have we learnt?

uqsoutra — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 03:11:40 +0000

2 April 2020Australia’s coronavirus public health messaging has been criticised as confusing during a time when health guidelines and regulations are changing rapidly, and educating the public about health is more vital than ever.

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

How can I treat myself if I've got – or think I've got – coronavirus?

uqsoutra — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 02:54:34 +0000

28 March 2020New cases of the coronavirus are reported every day, and as yet there’s no vaccine. So what treatments are available if you’re one of the unlucky ones who gets infected?

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

What coronavirus means for handling money, food and more

uqsoutra — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 02:33:37 +0000

27 March 2020
Researchers found SARS-CoV-2 remains infectious in airborne droplets for at least three hours. This doesn’t mean infected humans produce enough virus in a cough to infect another person, but they might.

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Public and allied health

Coronavirus will devastate Aboriginal communities if we don’t act now

uqsoutra — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 12:22:52 +0000

19 March 2020For Aboriginal Australians, COVID-19 has great potential to wreak havoc in communities.

COVID-19

Social impacts

Public and allied health

Want to Skype your GP to avoid exposure to the coronavirus?

uqsoutra — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 12:17:41 +0000

12 March 2020From tomorrow, some Australians will be able to consult their doctor or other health professional with a bulk-billed videocall rather than in person, in a move designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus among vulnerable people.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

Public and allied health

Will independent doctors at games help the AFL’s concussion problem?

Running or yoga can help beat depression, research shows

Do I need the new COVID booster?

The sobering facts about alcohol

How to spend less on food this Christmas

What are the new COVID booster vaccines?

����̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

How should I add sunscreen to my skincare routine now it’s getting hotter?

Surprising secrets for a better night's sleep (and better health)

1 in 6 women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes

Award winner's AI plan to prevent youth vaping

Nine signs you have inflammation in your body

Joy Wolfram: Nanoparticles, fire trucks, and changing our approach to cancer

Rising monkey and pig populations pose human disease risk

World’s first case of dementia linked to repetitive brain trauma in female athlete

From the NBA to FNQ: bringing sports science on Country

COVID-19 can cause brain cells to 'fuse'

Striking a nerve

Our cemeteries face a housing crisis too

Exhausted, disconnected and fed up

What to eat when you have COVID

Dirty air diminishes both body and brain

Learning to speak again

When it’s no longer safe to drive

Why it matters allowing donor-conceived people to know the identity of their donor

How a digital tool aims to prevent Vietnam's Dengue epidemic

Urgent call to action on Qld skin cancer rates

The sleep whisperer

Paving the way for new oral HIV treatments

In disasters, people are abandoning official info for social media

What are ����̽��’s longest running research projects?

Refugees and migrants often excluded from mainstream DV services

Sore throats suck. Do throat lozenges help at all?

The health of Australian women is changing, so what happened?

����̽�� explores health partnerships with Torres Strait Islands

Endometriosis and ovarian cancer genetically tied

Bugs in floods - the microbes lurking in mud

WATCH: What drives the down syndrome condition?

COVID-19 Q&A: IMB's virologist answers your questions

WATCH: Natural mineral may reverse memory loss

WATCH: Vitamin D not effective in treating psychosis

Dietary diversity to promote ‘‘good bugs’’ in the gut

WATCH: Our world-first lung cancer screening facility

Going viral with Dr Kym Lowry

A vision of Indigenous health and wellbeing

Algorithms and AI: The key to delivering better patient outcomes

WATCH: What is it about the COVID virus that causes a high risk of blood clots?

Achieving Aboriginal health equity through surveillance and support

Prostate cancer: Not so secret men's business

COVID-19 killing coating a spray away

'We need to do better for young people'

'No need to panic' about viral variant found in South Africa

A vital tool to study virus evolution in the test tube

Getting to the heart of the matter: why rural and remote health research has value

The digital health generation

Increasing the accuracy of early ovarian cancer detection

Ticket to freedom

We found more than 54,000 viruses in people’s poo — and 92% were previously unknown to science

Q&A with Dr Keane Wheeler

Pandemic-proofing Australia's education system

What's the Delta COVID variant found in Melbourne? Is it more infectious and does it spread more in kids?

Australian heart attack survival among best in world – but could be better

Q&A with Dr Jared Miles

Taking rehabilitation to where it’s needed

The 'high' cost of substance abuse

Beyond breastfeeding barriers

Aiming to end endo

Reducing the cost of dementia

Easing the burden

Early de-tech-tion to beat cancer

Early research suggests climate change could lead to more stillbirths

Independent three-year study finds good news for Queensland nightlife

Guardian angel

A sweet pill to swallow

Bridging the distance via telehealth

Please be upstanding

Birthing in our community

Cough a lot? No, Coughalytics!

A social cure for better health

��̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

What are ��̽��’s longest running research projects?

��̽�� explores health partnerships with Torres Strait Islands

��̽�� research finds new way to reduce scarring

Update on ��̽�� COVID-19 vaccine

��̽�� tech could offer ‘faster, cheaper and mobile’ COVID-19 diagnosis

CSL signs agreement with Australian Government for ��̽�� vaccine supply

��̽�� vaccine scientists report positive results from pre-clinical testing