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Researchers have found 70% of Australians diagnosed with major depressive disorder are not receiving even the minimal treatment necessary.

22 November 2024
A young man is being helped from a wheelchair into a swimming pool by two trainers.

A competitive swimming program developed by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers for young people with severe cerebral palsy has reversed motor decline associated with the condition.

19 November 2024
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A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­-led study has revealed how alcohol and gambling companies target people with Facebook advertising for addictive products.

18 November 2024
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions.

18 November 2024
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An international study led by a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researcher has found frailty increases a person’s risk of dementia, but early intervention may be the key to prevention.

12 November 2024
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Recruitment is underway for a clinical trial testing a vaccine candidate produced with Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s molecular clamp technology against life-threatening respiratory viruses.

7 November 2024
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers have uncovered the hidden history of concussion in sport, finding the brain-trauma crisis has a long and complex past.

5 November 2024
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Queenslanders who want to give up smoking can access free nicotine replacement therapies and potentially life-saving lung cancer screening by participating in a new study.

1 November 2024
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A First Nations Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ academic is aiming to help address the under representation of Indigenous people in Australia’s pharmacy workforce.

31 October 2024
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An Aboriginal epidemiologist and a leading gynaecologic oncologist have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

25 October 2024
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ research has found the traits people value in a romantic partner can influence their dating choices.

15 October 2024
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Two hundred people are being recruited for a major study investigating how diet and exercise can help those living with metastatic breast cancer.

11 October 2024
A male scientist in a lab coat and goggles holds a pipette above a large black spider in a container.

A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­-led project to develop the first-ever drug to treat heart attack and protect donor hearts will move to human clinical trials, after receiving $17.8 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

7 October 2024
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More than 1,400 experts have visited Brisbane for the world’s only scientific meeting dedicated to influenza, chaired by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s Associate Professor Kirsty Short.

4 October 2024
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A PhD candidate whose research aims to address the challenges faced by families of children with temporary feeding tubes has won the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final.

3 October 2024