Psychology researchers are pushing for greater recognition that social connections are as important to health as regular exercise or not smoking.
31 May 2018
Researchers are working to understand attitudes towards chronic pain in a project designed to help improve the way we approach pain management treatments.
28 May 2018Social isolation has been shown to pose a greater health threat than smoking, poor diet and lack of exercise – but that message is failing to get through to the community.
5 February 2018
Streetscapes, cafes, buses and planes aren’t set up to deal with the ageing population explosion, however older people can advocate change to their environment by voicing concerns.
11 October 2017
Psychologists are working on ways to reduce the brain’s sensitivity to pain, with the aim of improving pain management techniques.
27 July 2017
Australian and Chinese experts in antibiotic resistance meet today to focus their attention on one of the biggest threats to global health.
26 May 2017
From lifting a mower to trim the hedges to lopping trees with a circular saw, it seems there are endless ways for DIY enthusiasts to end up in hospital emergency departments.
19 December 2016
The University of Queensland’s Professor John McGrath has won a prestigious international fellowship in the Niels Bohr Professorship Program in Denmark to continue his ground-breaking research into schizophrenia.
7 November 2016
Researchers at The University of Queensland have established that colourful coastal cephalopods are actually colourblind – but can still manage to blend beautifully with their surroundings.
14 September 2016Queensland researchers have identified a domino effect from a brain stimulation technique used to treat psychiatric disorders such as clinical depression.
7 September 2016
Researchers at The University of Queensland have contributed to the discovery of three new genes which increase the risk of motor neurone disease (MND), opening the door for targeted treatments.
26 July 2016
Scientists at The University of Queensland have teamed up with the peak body for Australian athletes, the Australian Athletes’ Alliance, to tackle concussion and its long-term effects.
21 June 2016
Researchers at The University of Queensland and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have identified a protein which plays a key role in brain cancer, opening the door to potential new treatments.
20 April 2016
Cryptococcus is so forsaken by research that it doesn’t even make the neglected diseases list – but the deadly fungal pathogen has lured an American scientist all the way to The University of Queensland.
14 April 2016
In one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, The University of Queensland’s Melanie Hoyle is assessing exactly what helps – and what hinders – people who have experienced a stroke from achieving a fulfilling life.
7 December 2015
University of Queensland research is investigating the effects textured shoe insoles have on walking problems associated with multiple sclerosis.
2 April 2014
Playing active video games could help overweight and obese children lose weight, a University of Queensland study has found.
18 March 2014A University of Queensland study has found high-intensity short-duration exercise provides better results than the recommended 30 minutes of daily exercise.
30 January 2014
The University of Queensland will launch its first World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre today with a WHO flag-raising ceremony.
29 November 2013
University of Queensland researchers have been awarded $136,000 for two innovative ideas designed to get people off their seats to combat ‘chair disease’.
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