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Water fluoridation is effective in preventing tooth decay overall, but there are greater benefits for children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, 鶹ýӳ research has found.

2 July 2025
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Young people with friends who vape are 15 times more likely to use e-cigarettes, and more adolescents are turning to illicit cannabis products, 鶹ýӳ research has found.

2 July 2025
Examples of 'good' fats: nuts, seeds, olives, fish oil supplements

Omega-3 fatty acids, popularly believed to reduce inflammation in the body, appear to increase certain inflammatory markers, researchers have found.

25 June 2025
A puzzle of the human brain with pieces incomplete.

A crucial link between the brain’s cleaning system and deterioration of neurons associated with Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by 鶹ýӳ researchers.

25 June 2025
Microfluidics tools such as this are used to manipulate liquids and gas at incredibly small scales

Tiny gel droplets enhanced with 鶹ýӳ microfluidics technology could open new pathways to repairing and replacing damaged organs.

20 June 2025
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A new lipid-based pathway essential for memory formation has been discovered by 鶹ýӳ researchers – a breakthrough that could lead to treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder.

18 June 2025
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People who carry a bitter ‘supertaster gene’ have been linked to various health conditions including bipolar disorder and poor kidney function, 鶹ýӳ researchers have found.

12 June 2025
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Diabetic weight loss medications are effective for people with schizophrenia without affecting psychotic symptoms, 鶹ýӳ researchers have found.

11 June 2025
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Detection of melanoma and a range of other skin diseases will be faster and more accurate with a new artificial intelligence (AI) powered tool that analyses multiple imaging types simultaneously.

7 June 2025
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A person aged 75 to 80 is less likely to have dementia today compared to someone of the same age several decades ago, a University of Queensland study has found.

5 June 2025
A pregnant woman makes a healthy salad.

Iron deficiency in pregnancy may influence the sex development of a baby in utero, researchers have found.

5 June 2025
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Cairns and Townsville residents who want to give up smoking can access free nicotine replacement therapies and potentially life-saving lung cancer screening by participating in a research study.

30 May 2025
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Considered the natural “hunger hormone”, Ghrelin could be the key to preventing debilitating chronic constipation experienced by people living with Parkinson’s disease, 鶹ýӳ researchers have found.

29 May 2025
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Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, 鶹ýӳ researchers have found.

20 May 2025
Newborn baby lying on bed in the sunlight.

Newborn babies with a vitamin D deficiency have a higher chance of later developing mental disorders such as ADHD, schizophrenia and autism, a major study involving 鶹ýӳ has found.

15 May 2025