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Asking patients to take a ‘wait-and-see’ approach before having their antibiotic prescriptions filled significantly reduces unnecessary use, a University of Queensland study has shown.

New research is helping academics understand factors hindering students from achieving academic success in the transition from secondary school to university.

Researchers have identified the process that shuts down the human heart’s ability to heal itself, and are now searching for a drug to reverse it.

Infants deprived of an adequate oxygen supply in the womb would be more likely to develop high blood pressure, heart and kidney disease as adults, new research has shown.

A senior medical ethicist from The University of Queensland has authored a book which aims to reverse the culture of avoidance and silence about death.

Unique data from the Tiwi Islands and trends in ages and causes of death shows that health outcomes for some remote Indigenous communities have improved at an astonishing rate.

There is a certain amount of hyperbole on both sides of this issue, which is skewing the evidence.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Australians embark on a disorienting, life changing journey. They have a baby.
What happens after a woman gives birth should be a matter of serious public interest.

The first national guidelines for diagnosing autism were released for public consultation last week. The report by research group Autism CRC was commissioned and funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in October 2016.

Scientists are homing in on a potential treatment for osteoporosis, after performing the largest ever genetic study of the common age-related bone-thinning disease.

A creative eLearning specialist and a researcher investigating severe flu infections have both won 2017 Women in Technology awards.

A decorated Red Cross nurse and Queensland’s first Indigenous doctor have been named University of Queensland alumni award winners for the Faculty of Medicine.

A new study out today has found increasing education by 3.6 years – similar to the length of a university undergraduate degree – could reduce the risk of heart disease by a third. A decrease of this magnitude is similar to short-term use of a cholesterol-lowering medication.

Every year, four first-year medicine students at UQ are chosen to manage the Manali Medical Aid Project (MMAP).

Otherwise healthy people who experience hallucinations or delusions are more likely to have later suicidal thoughts or attempts, an international study has found.

Common anti-anxiety drugs including Xanax and Valium have been implicated in half of all non-fatal injected drug overdoses in a new study.

The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine has three finalists in this week’s Women in Technology (WiT) awards, celebrating women who are leaders and experts in their fields.

Curious Kid Mannix, 10, asks if breathing through your mouth makes your IQ go down? UQ Expert David King gives his answer.

Online geriatric assessments are as reliable as face-to-face decisions when geriatricians consider the suitability of residential care for older hospital patients, a study has found.