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Tackling menstrual hygiene in remote Australia

28 July 2017

University of Queensland researcher Nina Hall investigates water and hygiene in remote Indigenous communities.

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Could too much sitting be bad for our brains?

27 July 2017

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In many aspects of life where we need to use our brain power, we also tend to sit down: at school, at work, sitting exams or concentrating on a crossword.

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What can go wrong in the blood?

26 July 2017

While blood is essential for human life, there are many things that can go wrong.

The human touch leads Sarah to the country

20 July 2017

Sarah Ayles joins her fellow medical graduates this week as lifelong dreams and long hours become a reality.

Guidelines developed to help health care providers manage frailty

19 July 2017

A University of Queensland researcher has joined experts from around the world to develop clinical practice guidelines to manage frailty, one of the biggest health issues facing older Australians.

Genetic immune deficiency could hold key to severe childhood infections

18 July 2017

A gene mutation making young children extremely vulnerable to common viruses may represent a new type of immunodeficiency, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

GPs have an important role in managing hepatitis C

17 July 2017

A University of Queensland professor says treating people with hepatitis C before they developed progressive liver disease is key to curbing a pending epidemic of liver failure and cancer.

Forensic facial reconstructions by Dr Susan Hayes.

Science of skulls comes to UQ

14 July 2017

An interesting group is meeting at The University of Queensland this week: its members are united by their expertise in reconstructing faces from skulls.

New research centre targets early detection of biggest cancer killer

13 July 2017

Genomics project among UQ winners at prestigious NHMRC awards

13 July 2017

University of Queensland research that could lead to new drug treatments for the debilitating arthritis ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has received a prestigious national award.

New molecular pathway in sepsis could lead to potential treatments

12 July 2017

Researchers at The University of Queensland have identified a potential new target for supportive treatments of septic shock.

How we change the organisms that infect us

12 July 2017

Med students more likely to ‘go rural’ with background, training combination

11 July 2017

The combination of a rural background and rural undergraduate training has a multiplier effect on the likelihood of medical graduates practicing outside metropolitan areas, a study has found.

How we’ve evolved to fight the bugs that infect us

11 July 2017

Unnatural High

7 July 2017

Esteemed UQ researcher Jake Najman’s drug and alcohol research stretches across decades, documenting ever-evolving attitudes towards substance use.

Podcast: CRISPR and the power of genome editing

7 July 2017

Antibiotic ointments may reduce post-surgery infection but caution urged

6 July 2017

Topical antibiotics could help to prevent post-surgery infections but potential side-effects need to be considered, a meta-analysis of clinical trials has found.