A University of Queensland study is one of the world’s first to investigate whether obesity and chronic diseases can be passed down three generations.
10 November 2014Researchers at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, The University of Queensland and Hunan Institute of Parasitic Diseases have reported huge success with a cartoon DVD promoting hygiene across rural China.
26 April 2013A University of Queensland study has found that females who experience early puberty have increased levels of aggression.
8 January 2010Teenagers whose mothers have mental health impairments are likely to suffer behavioural problems, UQ research has found.
29 July 2009
A new study has found that the children of mothers who gain excessive weight during pregnancy are still at risk for obesity once they reach adulthood.
31 March 2009Three research teams from The University of Queensland’s School of Population Health are involved in an $8.8million AusAID initiative to improve the quality and effectiveness of Australia’s overseas aid.
5 March 2008Australian manual or “blue collar” workers are dying from liver cirrhosis 2.5 times the rate of their “white collar” counterparts, according to a University of Queensland study.
8 May 2007Splitting parents who shack up with new partners can unwittingly push their children towards cannabis use.
3 April 2006The University of Queensland has topped the latest round of grants from the nation’s peak university funding council.
23 June 2005A child’s social environment may have only a modest effect on whether very young children become depressed, according to new Australian research.
31 May 2005Engineering a major change in the way officials in Thailand manage their health system is the aim of $3.2 million project to be led by University of Queensland researchers.
29 August 2003Breastfed children are more intelligent, according to the latest findings of a joint University of Queensland–Mater Hospital longitudinal study.
25 September 2002The mental and physical wellbeing of 21-year-old Australians is to be analysed in an extraordinary longitudinal study that began when these young people were still in the womb.
2 January 2002Postnatal depression is relatively rare, according to a University of Queensland study.
2 March 2000Mosquito breeding habitat and life cycle research at the University of Queensland could help reduce epidemics of serious diseases such as Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses in the urban south-east of the state.
31 March 1999Up to 25 percent of child behaviour problems may be attributed to mothers smoking in early pregnancy, according to a University of Queensland study.
7 January 1999Women of lower socioeconomic groups more commonly smoke before, during and after pregnancy, according to a University of Queensland study
28 February 1998Children of mothers who change partners have between 30 and 60 percent higher rates of behavioural problems than children in stable single- or two-parent families, according to a University of Queensland study.
12 February 1998Key elements of research into end-of-life decision-making conducted by University of Queensland academics have contributed to the Queensland Government's new Powers of Attorney Bill.
11 July 1997Nineteen bus and coach operators will graduate from a University of Queensland-organised accreditation course at a ceremony at the Cairns Holiday Inn on Sunday, May 11 at 5.30pm.
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