Quit smoking study expanded to North Queensland
Cairns and Townsville residents who want to give up smoking can access free nicotine replacement therapies and potentially life-saving lung cancer screening by participating in a research study.
30 May 2025
Breakthrough could boost quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease
Considered the natural “hunger hormone”, Ghrelin could be the key to preventing debilitating chronic constipation experienced by people living with Parkinson’s disease, UQ researchers have found.
29 May 2025
Dishwashing a source of microplastic pollution
Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, UQ researchers have found.
20 May 2025
In the world’s largest study of its type, scientists from The University of Queensland have helped identify 74 genes that may play a role in how long a person stays at school, or whether they go to university.
12 May 2016
Significant decreases in cannabis use by young Australians have been tempered by a warning about challenges to physical and psychological health.
10 May 2016
An international team involving University of Queensland researchers has used advanced genome sequencing to diagnose 30 patients with unresolved rare diseases.
10 May 2016
A prestigious scholarship is helping University of Queensland alumnus Dr Nick Gattas pursue dreams of a prototype private hospital harnessing technology to treat chronic illness.
10 May 2016
Nearly three quarters of Australian 14-year-olds have tried alcohol, but how much of that is being provided by their parents?
9 May 2016
That cute thing your newborn is doing that you’ve been telling everyone about… Chances are they aren’t copying it from you.
6 May 2016
As the nation paused this week to remember the Port Arthur Massacre and ANZAC Day, a former Senior Coronial Counsellor has spoken of the toll involved in identifying and handling the dead.
29 April 2016
Kick-starter funding of $50,000 has helped unite Brisbane-based researchers in the battle against Zika virus.
28 April 2016
The University of Queensland-developed Triple P – Positive Parenting Program has been included in US policy recommendations to reduce the toxic effects of poverty on children’s health.
27 April 2016
A researcher who was born in the year that actress Audrey Hepburn and footballer Bobby Moore died of colorectal cancer is helping to lead recovery from the deadly condition.
26 April 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
A 20 per cent tax on sugar-sweetened drinks would result in widespread, long-lasting public health benefits and significant health cost savings, a new study shows.
14 April 2016
A University of Queensland researcher has made a big step toward the holy grail of biomedical science — a new form of effective pain relief.
11 April 2016
An international research team has demonstrated that a new plant-derived drug can block the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS).
11 April 2016Today is World Health Day: Beat Diabetes. UQ experts are available for comment on diabetes-related topics, including drug development, physical activity, diet and body mass, and autoimmune diabetes.
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