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Doctors need improved tools to test the capacity of elderly patients to manage their finances, University of Queensland research shows.

A trip to the stunning shores of the Torres Strait Islands has reinforced the need to make a difference to dementia sufferers in even the remotest of locations.

The University of Queensland’s Professor Ian Frazer has stressed he has no intention of moving overseas, in the wake of concerns that door-knock scammers could be using the Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine inventor’s name in an effort to cash in on the generosity of Brisbane residents.

Mid-terms stressing you out? Get behind The University of Queensland Red Cross Society’s inaugural Merriment Movement, running from Tuesday 12 - Friday 15 May.

UQ’s Forgan Smith Building will be bathed in red light for the fourth year in a row, to raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis.

If you go down to the woods today...

In August, the Faculty of Medicine + Biomedical Sciences reported a story from the Centre for Online Health about the latest rollout of telehealth services as part of the Health-e-Regions project.

In July of this year, four UQ Doctor of Medicine students travelled to Laura in Far North Queensland for the Biennial Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival as representatives for TROHPIQ (Towards Rural and Outback Health Professionals in Queensland) and RHINO (Rural Health in Northern Outback)

The University of Queensland is a Gold Sponsor of the 2016 Mt Coot-tha Burn Race, and Faculty of Medicine + Biomedical Sciences Executive Dean, Professor Nicholas Fisk, has been tasked with assembling a UQ team of elite cyclists to compete in the event.