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​​​​​​​A new method that uses quality of life data collected during clinical trials will help patients make more informed treatment decisions.

Thousands of migrant women are needed to provide invaluable data for the largest and longest-running women’s health study ever conducted in Australia to ensure it accurately reflects the current population.

A skin microbiopsy device developed by researchers at The University of Queensland, that takes tissue samples smaller than 0.5mm in diameter, could change the way skin cancers and other skin conditions are diagnosed and monitored.

Almost two thirds of acute stroke patients fail to survive more than a decade and have high risk of recurrence, leading researchers to call for better patient care.

Medical graduates who spend an extended time in a rural clinical school are more likely to practice in rural and remote areas than those who have not, according to a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Hereditary factors are partly responsible for childhood anxiety and depression that persists into adulthood, according to University of Queensland researchers.

What fathers eat has a lasting effect on the future health of their unborn children, new research has revealed.

A potential new approach to administering an existing Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine could make it more affordable and increase dose numbers in Australia.

A study has shed light on the little-known phenomenon of binaural beats – where sounds purportedly evoke psychoactive effects.

The Coalition has announced a A$58 million funding package to improve endometriosis diagnosis, care and treatment.

The impact of light on children’s sleep patterns and how anaesthesia disrupts brain function are some of the valuable research projects from University of Queensland students and alumni awarded Fulbright scholarships.

University of Queensland researchers will use a fat supplement to treat to the rare genetic disorder Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) as part of a national trial that begins today.

When clinical psychiatrist and Mater Research and The University of Queensland researcher, Dr Cathy Franklin saw her first patient with Catatonia and Acute Regression in Down Syndrome in 2009, she was shocked.

Young people who stop using cannabis or amphetamines before becoming adults experience life success at the same levels of those who have never used drugs, according to a University of Queensland study.

Floods are devastating communities in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales and have pushed emergency services to their limits.

Australian parents with multiple children often struggle to ensure their kids meet screen time guidelines, research has revealed.

Respiratory researchers may have found the key to prevent babies from developing asthma, after investigating how their immune systems can be boosted in their first winter to help fight-off lung infections.

Queensland children affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) will soon have earlier access to additional diagnostic and support services, which could give them better long-term outcomes.

Ongoing concerns expressed by many doctors about the introduction of a one-step approach to the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has led to a call for a review of the Australian diagnostic criteria from the authors of a Perspective published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Early in the pandemic, the COVIDSafe app was designed as a tool to improve contact tracing. And a multimedia campaign promoted it as helping to find more COVID contacts faster.