Otherwise healthy people who have experienced hallucinations or delusions are more likely to have later suicidal thoughts or attempts, a new international study has found. The UQ research found that having a psychotic experience doubled the risk of...
31 August 2017The University of Queensland has been awarded almost $7.5 million to accelerate improvements in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of dementia.
7 August 2017Partnerships between government and Indigenous stakeholders are needed to overcome a lack of functioning ‘health hardware’ in remote Australian communities - such as taps, toilets and showers, a University of Queensland researcher says.
27 July 2017A physicist and a chemist from The University of Queensland will network with Nobel Prize winners at the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting later this month.
8 June 2017The US Department of Defense (DoD) has committed more than A$1.3 million from its Breast Cancer Research Program to a Queensland study tackling the spread of tumours to the brain.
21 April 2017At least a quarter of Australian women over 70 will develop dementia, according to University of Queensland researchers.
17 March 2017University of Queensland researchers are leading an international effort to slow the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant superbugs forecast to kill more people than cancer by 2050.
29 July 2016Binge-eating in teenagers may be linked to a gene variation, according to new research from the University of Queensland.
21 July 2015A University of Queensland study is one of the world’s first to investigate whether obesity and chronic diseases can be passed down three generations.
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