Professor Rachel Huxley

A review of more than 60 studies has shown that women with type 2 diabetes have a 27 per cent higher risk of stroke than men with diabetes.

7 March 2014
School of Nursing and Midwifery student Lucy Finlay helped deliver a baby in a Cambodian health clinic.

Fifteen University of Queensland nursing and midwifery students have put their skills into practice in Cambodian health clinics during a four-week placement in the country’s north-west.

5 March 2014

New research has confirmed that the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has reduced the frequency of abnormal Pap test results and precancers in women.

5 March 2014
IMB student Cindy Bermudez spent her holidays studying plants, bacteria and fungi in an effort to find treatments for infectious diseases.

While many students took a well-earned break over summer, Brisbane woman Cindy Bermudez spent her holidays studying plants, bacteria and fungi in an effort to find treatments for infectious diseases.

4 March 2014
Professor Matt Cooper

Researchers have developed a new method for rapidly measuring the level of antibiotic molecules in the blood and how they work against bacteria, paving the way for personalised treatments for bacterial diseases.

3 March 2014
UQ Head of Dentistry: Professor Lakshman Samaranayake

The University of Queensland has appointed an internationally recognised academic as the new Head of the School of Dentistry.

25 February 2014
The University of Queensland has been awarded more than $26 million for health and medical research, to investigate cancer treatments, pain relief, dengue fever vaccinations and more.

The University of Queensland has been awarded more than $26 million for health and medical research, to investigate cancer treatments, pain relief, dengue fever vaccinations and more.

18 February 2014
Retro-reflective skin markers for three-dimensional motion capture were applied to the right foot of each human participant of a UQ-led study on how foot muscles support the arch.

New insights into how foot muscles support the arch of the foot could spark a change in the design of running shoes, following a study led by The University of Queensland.

7 February 2014
An infrared picture of two wells containing approximately 50,000 fat cells each. They are transformed from ordinary white fat cells to heat-producing brown fat cells following hormone treatment.

Shivering against the cold may have the added benefit of burning body fat, a new study led by a University of Queensland researcher has found.

4 February 2014
UQ Centre for Clinical Research Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr James Scott has developed new guidelines for the safe prescription of a common acne drug linked with suicide and depression.

A University of Queensland researcher has developed new guidelines for psychiatrists and dermatologists to safely prescribe a common acne drug linked with suicide and depression.

4 February 2014
Walking while texting can affect speed, balance, posture and ability to walk in a straight line, a UQ study has found.

As “text zombies” are blamed for a rise in pedestrian collisions, researchers from The University of Queensland are warning that text-messaging puts a walker’s balance, posture and safety at risk.

3 February 2014
Deep brain stimulation is being used as a treatment for Parkinson's disease.

University of Queensland researchers have made a surprise discovery about how the brain plans movement that may lead to more targeted treatments for patients with Parkinson’s disease.

3 February 2014
UQ School of Human Movement Studies PhD student Emma McMahon has monitored factors relating to heart and kidney health.

Reducing salt consumption may help prolong the lives of patients with chronic kidney disease, a study from The University of Queensland study has found

31 January 2014
Professor Alewood from UQ's IMB has developed a molecule that showed significant potential in alleviating abdominal pain.

Australian researchers have found a key to treating chronic abdominal pain may lie in a hormone that induces labour and encourages social bonding.

31 January 2014
Group A Streptococcus (green) shown to be growing inside of a cell (red, caputured by a fluorescence microscope).

Scientists from The University of Queensland have discovered that a microbe responsible for invasive bacterial Group A Streptococcus infections can bypass the immune system and multiply within infected cells.

30 January 2014