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Research projects addressing health challenges including frailty care in hospitals, tobacco use and how immune system senses and responds to environmental cues have been awarded funding in September.

A PhD candidate working to understand early embryo development has won The University of Queensland’s 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition final.

Regulators in Australia and the United States last week approved Omicron-specific boosters, following approval in the United Kingdom in mid-August.

Australia’s first dedicated children’s immunotherapy centre will investigate treatments to not only increase the survival of kids with cancer, but also to improve their ongoing quality of life.

Researcher Maryanne Cleetus from UQ’s School of Public Health said access to safe, timely and compassionate abortions was being impeded by affordability, stigma, a lack of knowledge and family violence.

University of Queensland researchers are calling for screening of perinatal depression (PND) for all women during pregnancy, after finding women with persistent depression are at high risk of developing the condition.

Rising cigarette prices have overtaken health concerns as the biggest motivator for people to cut down or stop smoking.

It’s hard to get through a winter without suffering sore throat, but luckily they normally get better within a few days.

Australian researchers may be a step closer to preventing Type 1 diabetes after identifying a crucial protein that could prevent the autoimmune disease from taking hold.

Indigenous people recorded the highest rates of smoking cessation with support from a community program aimed at reducing tobacco consumption in Central Queensland.

University of Queensland researchers will partner with American biopharmaceutical company EpicentRx Inc. to evaluate new treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD), speeding up development of potential new therapies.

In some Australian states, children can legally be detained from the age of ten years old. This has led to over-policing and over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. First Nations children represent 50% of youth incarcerated during 2021.

Researchers have isolated five strains of gut bacteria that could pave the way for new inflammatory bowel disease treatments and potentially help prevent some forms of bowel cancer.

In Australia, most states have introduced initiatives to provide people who menstruate with free period care products in public schools.

Medical researchers have gained a better understanding of how nitric oxide gas impacts children during and after heart surgery following the world’s largest study of its kind.

Women with a history of miscarriage and stillbirth have a higher risk of stroke in later life, according to University of Queensland research.

Medicines used to prevent bone loss may help lower the risk of ovarian cancer, according to research by The University of Queensland.

University of Queensland researchers are calling for an urgent review of low influenza vaccination rates for pregnant women and whooping cough vaccinations for young and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander mothers-to-be.

Quitting smoking and taking a daily walk can do more than just protect your heart, they also help protect from developing rheumatoid arthritis.

A clinical study examining new ways of treating children with sepsis - using vitamin C and steroids alongside antibiotics - could save children’s lives around the world.