Public and allied health

Will independent doctors at games help the AFL’s concussion problem?

uqccla15 — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 01:43:27 +0000

8 April 2024The AFL recently announced it is considering appointing independent doctors at all games to assist club medical staff in identifying and assessing players for potential head injuries. What does it mean for the game?

Leading healthy lives

Social understanding

Running or yoga can help beat depression, research shows

uqccla15 — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 01:00:33 +0000

1 March 2024Even if exercise is the last thing you feel like, it can be just as impactful at treating depression as therapy, new research has found.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Do I need the new COVID booster?

uqccla15 — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:57:00 +0000

1 December 2023What are the new COVID booster vaccines? Can I get one? Do they work? And are they safe?

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

The sobering facts about alcohol

uqccla15 — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 03:16:09 +0000

20 December 2023Ever wondered how accurate hangover cures are? And is there really such a thing as ‘healthy drinking’?

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

How to spend less on food this Christmas

uqccla15 — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 03:07:46 +0000

18 December 2023A healthy diet in line with the Australian Dietary Guidelines is cheaper than an unhealthy diet. Switching could save $160 off a family of 4’s fortnightly shopping bill.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

What are the new COVID booster vaccines?

uqccla15 — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:55:14 +0000

1 November 2023Can I get one? Do they work? Are they safe? Associate Professor Paul Griffin explains.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

��̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

uqccla15 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 02:45:05 +0000

3 November 2023Work is underway at ��̽��'s BASE facility to produce nRMA vaccines and therapies for clinical trials.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Surprising secrets for a better night's sleep (and better health)

uqccla15 — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 22:16:18 +0000

29 September 2023We all know how important a good night’s shuteye is for us – but here are some everyday habits and trends that are preventing you from getting your best possible sleep.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Award winner's AI plan to prevent youth vaping

uqccla15 — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 01:14:16 +0000

5 September 2023Vaping has dramatically increased in popularity in recent years, with a 40% surge in users between 2018 and 2022. But what if Artificial Intelligence could stop young people from taking up the habit?

Defence, cyber and space

Digital technology

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Transforming societies

Nine signs you have inflammation in your body

uqccla15 — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 03:59:32 +0000

24 August 2023Could an anti-inflammatory diet help with your aches, pains and other symptoms?

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

World’s first case of dementia linked to repetitive brain trauma in female athlete

uqccla15 — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 03:35:57 +0000

5 July 2023Researchers at the Australian Sports Brain Bank have reported the world’s first diagnosis of CTE in a female athlete.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

COVID-19 can cause brain cells to 'fuse'

uqccla15 — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:33:34 +0000

19 June 2023Professor Massimo Hilliard and Dr Ramon Martinez-Marmol from the Queensland Brain Institute have explored how viruses alter the function of the nervous system.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Striking a nerve

uqccla15 — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:28:38 +0000

12 June 2023��̽�� researchers have shown for the first time that some of the world’s most painful ant stings target nerves, like snake and scorpion venom.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Public and allied health

Our cemeteries face a housing crisis too

uqccla15 — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:57:19 +0000

8 June 2023Australia’s housing crisis is no secret. What many people don’t realise is that there’s another, less visible housing crisis. Australia’s urban cemeteries are running out of space.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Transforming societies

Exhausted, disconnected and fed up

uqccla15 — Tue, 30 May 2023 22:59:08 +0000

22 May 2023What is ‘parental burnout’ and what can you do about it?

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Dirty air diminishes both body and brain

uqnross4 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 06:04:38 +0000

14 April 2023We all know that polluted air can make it harder to breathe, but did you know that it also makes it harder to think? Even work?

Environment

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Learning to speak again

uqccla15 — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:35:55 +0000

30 March 2023See how the award-winning team at the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre is helping people speak to their loved ones again.

Designing technology for tomorrow

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

When it’s no longer safe to drive

uqccla15 — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 23:43:44 +0000

24 March 2023Many older people fear losing their driver’s licence and what it may mean for their independence, but ��̽�� researchers hope a new fitness-to-drive assessment test will help end the confusion.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Why it matters allowing donor-conceived people to know the identity of their donor

uqccla15 — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:26:51 +0000

14 March 2023Our researchers breakdown the Queensland government's decision to accept in principle recommendations from a 2022 inquiry into the rights of donor-conceived people.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

How a digital tool aims to prevent Vietnam's Dengue epidemic

uqccla15 — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:10:55 +0000

9 February 2023E-Dengue uses a prediction model to help local communities and health centres mitigate outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease in the Mekong Delta Region.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Public and allied health

Transforming societies

Urgent call to action on Qld skin cancer rates

uqccla15 — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 22:22:33 +0000

27 January 2023Queenslanders are being challenged to slash the state’s skin cancer numbers by a quarter over the next 3 decades with a new report showing we’ve dropped the ball on prevention of the deadly disease.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

The sleep whisperer

uqccla15 — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 21:32:42 +0000

18 January 2023As a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Specialist with the Queensland Children’s Hospital, Dr Jasneek Chawla explores new treatments for children with neurodisabilities.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

In disasters, people are abandoning official info for social media

uqccla15 — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 02:42:08 +0000

14 November 2022In an emergency, where do you turn to find out what’s going on and what you should do to stay safe? Associate Professor Stan Karanasios answers.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Public and allied health

Refugees and migrants often excluded from mainstream DV services

uqccla15 — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 23:16:41 +0000

3 August 2022Migrant and refugee women are treated differently by domestic violence support services and policy makers, new research has found. Read why.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Sore throats suck. Do throat lozenges help at all?

uqccla15 — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:33:09 +0000

19 July 2022The most common treatment is probably throat lozenges – but do they really work any better than sucking on a hard lolly? Dr David King explains.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

The health of Australian women is changing, so what happened?

uqccla15 — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 02:54:20 +0000

20 June 2022Since 1996, the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health has examined the health fortunes of four generations of Australian women.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Public and allied health

Social understanding

��̽�� explores health partnerships with Torres Strait Islands

uqccla15 — Mon, 30 May 2022 22:28:09 +0000

31 May 2022This Reconciliation Week, Research News takes a look at one of the amazing health initiatives being undertaken in the most northern part of Queensland. Check out the incredible photos of life in the Torres Strait Islands, and the challenges faced by its residents every day.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Going viral with Dr Kym Lowry

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 03:51:41 +0000

4 January 2022Dr Lowry, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Microbial Diagnostics and Characterisation Group, is currently researching the types of respiratory viruses that have circulated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

A vision of Indigenous health and wellbeing

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 02:06:38 +0000

10 January 2022Cancer is a leading cause of death in Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Read how an Indigenous ��̽�� professor aims to change this.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Achieving Aboriginal health equity through surveillance and support

uqccla15 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 04:13:25 +0000

26 October 2021It’s one of the largest surveillance networks of First Nations health services globally. Read about this incredible ��̽�� project.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Prostate cancer: Not so secret men's business

uqccla15 — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:15:49 +0000

17 September 2021At The University of Queensland, several esteemed researchers, doctors and scientists are working on different projects to help mitigate the problem.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Getting to the heart of the matter: why rural and remote health research has value

uqccla15 — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 04:41:34 +0000

10 August 2021��̽�� health economists have partnered with a rural health and medical research network to shine a light on the value of rural health research.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

The digital health generation

uqccla15 — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 05:24:15 +0000

6 August 2021��̽�� Business School researchers are working with Queensland Health and the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre to help digitalise and transform healthcare delivery in Queensland.

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Transforming societies

Ticket to freedom

uqccla15 — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:12:10 +0000

12 July 2021Should Australia introduce a vaccine passport?

Business transformation

Digital technology

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Transforming societies

Pandemic-proofing Australia's education system

uqccla15 — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 22:01:55 +0000

9 June 2021Researchers are urging key decision makers and sector stakeholders to help close the educational divide and improve Australia’s treatment of disadvantaged young people.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Taking rehabilitation to where it’s needed

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 05:54:12 +0000

26 March 2019��̽��’s telerehabilitation research has improved the lives of thousands of people around the world by allowing them to receive therapy in their own homes.

Business transformation

Impact

Public and allied health

The 'high' cost of substance abuse

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:53:12 +0000

10 September 2018To celebrate Research Week 2018, ��̽�� is proud to share how ��̽�� research is creating change, right across the world, every day. Discover how our researchers are collaborating with research partners both in Australia and abroad to tackle substance abuse head-on.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Beyond breastfeeding barriers

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:44:27 +0000

31 July 2018��̽�� researchers have discovered strong links between a mother's level of education and whether or for how long she breastfeeds her children, posing important questions about the barriers to breastfeeding and how best to overcome them.

Impact

Public and allied health

Aiming to end endo

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:32:29 +0000

3 July 2018��̽�� researchers are working hard to help our daughters in the battle against endometriosis, a crippling disease that affects 10 per cent of women of child-bearing age.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Reducing the cost of dementia

uqccla15 — Thu, 27 May 2021 01:05:04 +0000

27 May 2021What if dementia could be prevented? ��̽�� PhD economics candidate and 3MT finalist Sabrina Lenzen believes this may be possible.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Easing the burden

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 06:49:59 +0000

4 January 2018��̽�� researchers are applying a formula that measures the global burden of mental disorders – and it can be applied anywhere to compare any medical condition.

Impact

Public and allied health

Early de-tech-tion to beat cancer

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 01:12:21 +0000

3 January 2018Skin cancer research at ��̽�� is leading the charge to improve early detection and diagnosis, with several breakthroughs so far helping to improve treatment possibilities that will eventually save the lives of millions worldwide.

Impact

Public and allied health

Guardian angel

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:55:01 +0000

5 January 2018In just over a decade since its commercial release, a ��̽�� vaccine breakthrough has significantly lowered the risk of HPV-related cancers for thousands of women around the world, with 205 million doses distributed in 130 countries to date.

Impact

Public and allied health

A sweet pill to swallow

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:53:29 +0000

29 March 2019Thanks to pioneering ��̽�� research, people suffering from inflammatory bowel disease and rare blood disorders worldwide could soon benefit from safer and more convenient treatments.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Bridging the distance via telehealth

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:39:30 +0000

12 September 2019The ��̽�� Centre for Online Health (COH) is proud of its continuing role in improving health care for Indigenous Australians through technological innovation.

Impact

Public and allied health

Please be upstanding

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:32:41 +0000

4 November 2019��̽��’s Associate Professor Genevieve Healy is helping workers combat the negative impacts of sitting for long periods of time by supporting them to stand up for their health.

Impact

Public and allied health

Birthing in our community

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:29:13 +0000

27 November 2019Thanks to ��̽�� partnered research, which developed a new model of care, the odds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experiencing a premature birth have halved in five years.

Impact

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Cough a lot? No, Coughalytics!

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:25:02 +0000

5 January 2018��̽�� researchers are working with hospitals, NGOs and industry to develop non-invasive technology for diagnosing illness, to boost mass health screening and minimise disease.

Digital technology

Impact

Public and allied health

A social cure for better health

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:20:48 +0000

12 March 2020How a ��̽�� program designed to reduce loneliness is gaining traction around the world.

Impact

Public and allied health

Charting a new course

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:19:50 +0000

3 February 2020How colour-coded observation charts pioneered by ��̽�� researchers are helping save more lives in hospitals.

Impact

Public and allied health

Alleviating anxiety in ageing

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:09:52 +0000

1 April 2020��̽�� researchers have developed a simple tool to detect anxiety in older adults, and it's being used around the world.

Impact

Public and allied health

So long, superbugs – crowdsourcing is here

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 04:39:17 +0000

1 May 2018By creating the world’s first molecule bank, ��̽�� scientists are working with industry and institutional partners to crowdsource antibiotic compounds, aiming to seek out new antibiotics and prevent the proliferation of drug-resistant superbugs.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

Not such a pain

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 04:32:48 +0000

3 January 2018Chronic pain is very hard to live with but, thanks to the perseverance of ��̽�� pharmaceutical research, help may soon be at hand for the millions of people around the world in desperate need of respite.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Impact

Public and allied health

A broken system

uqccla15 — Wed, 19 May 2021 04:39:55 +0000

19 May 2021What does the Aged Care Royal Commission mean for you and your family? ��̽�� researchers break down the findings and their impact on Australia.

Public and allied health

Social understanding

From cannabis cream to antibiotic dream

uqccla15 — Wed, 12 May 2021 04:19:41 +0000

12 May 2021Researchers at ��̽��’s Centre for Superbug Solutions believe they may have found a new class of antibiotics effective against drug-resistant bacteria – all from being asked to help characterise an acne cream.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Public and allied health

A new road for whiplash recovery

uqccla15 — Thu, 06 May 2021 23:31:18 +0000

7 May 2021Professor Michele Sterling’s research has created a paradigm shift in the way road traffic injuries are managed.

Public and allied health

Vaccines alone won’t keep Australia safe in 2021. Here’s what else we need to do

uqsoutra — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:14:42 +0000

15 December 2020Australia’s response to the COVID pandemic has been a spectacular success, but has come at significant economic and broader health costs. To avoid another surge in case numbers, it is crucial that we plan for the coming months as we head into 2021.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Vaccine and drugs

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Queensland Science making a difference

uqsoutra — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 04:25:07 +0000

13 October 2020WATCH: Discover how ��̽�� researchers are contributing to some of the biggest challenges the world faces – the health of our communities, and environments; the quality and quantity of food available; abundant clean energy; and sustainable economies.

Agribusiness

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Digital technology

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Public and allied health

Did someone say ‘election’?: how politics met pandemic to create ‘fortress Queensland’

uqsoutra — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 02:12:41 +0000

12 August 2020Government responses to COVID-19 in Australia have received, by and large, bipartisan support. An exception, it seems, is the imposition of restrictions on interstate movement.

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Social impacts

Public and allied health

Telehealth in lockdown meant 7 million fewer chances to transmit the coronavirus

uqsoutra — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:46:02 +0000

22 June 2020The expansion of telehealth services was a deliberate strategy to help reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission between practitioners and patients, so is it working?

COVID-19

Economic impacts

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

Improving sepsis diagnosis in children with genomics

uqsoutra — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 05:26:32 +0000

17 June 2020Queensland researchers will aim to improve the diagnosis of sepsis by using genomic technology to save the lives of critically ill children who present to hospital with suspected sepsis.

Public and allied health

Keep your nose out of it: why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs

uqsoutra — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:11:36 +0000

20 May 2020Saliva is one of our biggest foes in the COVID-19 pandemic, because of its role in spreading the virus. But it could be our friend too, because it potentially offers a way to diagnose the disease without using invasive nasal swabs.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

Shielding health workers

uqsoutra — Tue, 19 May 2020 06:26:49 +0000

19 May 2020Known as the 'HappyShield', this reusable face shield that transforms a single clear, semi-rigid plastic sheet into a face shield in just two folds.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Public and allied health

Lessons from HIV/AIDS for the fight against COVID-19 in Indonesia

uqsoutra — Thu, 07 May 2020 03:37:44 +0000

5 May 2020What we know from decades of fighting HIV in Indonesia is that there are no simple or quick fixes in an epidemic.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Social impacts

Public and allied health

Public and allied health

Will independent doctors at games help the AFL’s concussion problem?

Running or yoga can help beat depression, research shows

Do I need the new COVID booster?

The sobering facts about alcohol

How to spend less on food this Christmas

What are the new COVID booster vaccines?

����̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

Surprising secrets for a better night's sleep (and better health)

Award winner's AI plan to prevent youth vaping

Nine signs you have inflammation in your body

World’s first case of dementia linked to repetitive brain trauma in female athlete

COVID-19 can cause brain cells to 'fuse'

Striking a nerve

Our cemeteries face a housing crisis too

Exhausted, disconnected and fed up

Dirty air diminishes both body and brain

Learning to speak again

When it’s no longer safe to drive

Why it matters allowing donor-conceived people to know the identity of their donor

How a digital tool aims to prevent Vietnam's Dengue epidemic

Urgent call to action on Qld skin cancer rates

The sleep whisperer

In disasters, people are abandoning official info for social media

Refugees and migrants often excluded from mainstream DV services

Sore throats suck. Do throat lozenges help at all?

The health of Australian women is changing, so what happened?

����̽�� explores health partnerships with Torres Strait Islands

Going viral with Dr Kym Lowry

A vision of Indigenous health and wellbeing

Achieving Aboriginal health equity through surveillance and support

Prostate cancer: Not so secret men's business

Getting to the heart of the matter: why rural and remote health research has value

The digital health generation

Ticket to freedom

Pandemic-proofing Australia's education system

Taking rehabilitation to where it’s needed

The 'high' cost of substance abuse

Beyond breastfeeding barriers

Aiming to end endo

Reducing the cost of dementia

Easing the burden

Early de-tech-tion to beat cancer

Guardian angel

A sweet pill to swallow

Bridging the distance via telehealth

Please be upstanding

Birthing in our community

Cough a lot? No, Coughalytics!

A social cure for better health

Charting a new course

Alleviating anxiety in ageing

So long, superbugs – crowdsourcing is here

Not such a pain

A broken system

From cannabis cream to antibiotic dream

A new road for whiplash recovery

Vaccines alone won’t keep Australia safe in 2021. Here’s what else we need to do

Queensland Science making a difference

Did someone say ‘election’?: how politics met pandemic to create ‘fortress Queensland’

Telehealth in lockdown meant 7 million fewer chances to transmit the coronavirus

Improving sepsis diagnosis in children with genomics

Keep your nose out of it: why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs

Shielding health workers

Lessons from HIV/AIDS for the fight against COVID-19 in Indonesia

��̽�� to establish world-leading vaccine lab

��̽�� explores health partnerships with Torres Strait Islands