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Australia’s first laboratory dedicated to improving outcomes for children with brain injuries has opened in Brisbane.

A University of Queensland research discovery reveals how the body puts the brakes on inflammation, a discovery that will help us understand how poorly controlled inflammation exacerbates diseases including cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer’s, atherosclerosis and cancer.

Two researchers investigating lung cancer and critical care practices for infants have received over $800,000 in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund.

Children experiencing mental health problems who have parents with psychiatric symptoms are at higher risk of poorer mental health outcomes, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

Seven Faculty of Medicine staff or alumni have been recognised with Queen's Birthday Honours for their significant service to medicine. 

UQ researchers are working at the intersection of science, education and policy to better understand and reduce pollution’s impact on children’s health.

University of Queensland researchers have shared in $26 million in Federal Government funding for rare cancers, rare diseases and clinical trials for unmet needs.

Britain’s media have made much of the “Aussie flu” sweeping across the northern hemisphere, but is there evidence the land Down Under is to blame?

Smart phone technology used in remote Indian communities to improve detection and intervention for babies with Cerebral Palsy will be implemented in rural Australia.

Women who consume alcohol around the time of conception could be putting their male offspring at greater risk of obesity in later life.

Abstaining from alcohol during preconception and pregnancy is usually considered to be the woman’s responsibility. The main concern surrounding alcohol exposure during pregnancy often relates to well-established evidence of newborns developing a range of behavioural, physical and cognitive disabilities later in life.

Researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, have used targeted social media to successfully recruit 498 Queensland-based mothers for an injury prevention campaign in just 30 days.

Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated nine million premature deaths in 2015, a global report has found.

University of Queensland researchers have joined forces with 12 Australian and international research institutes to create personalised medicine targeting childhood cancer.

Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellowships totalling more than $4 million.

Infants deprived of an adequate oxygen supply in the womb would be more likely to develop high blood pressure, heart and kidney disease as adults, new research has shown.

This year, the number of laboratory-confirmed influenza (flu) virus infections began rising earlier than usual and hit historic highs in some Australian states. If you have been part of any gathering this winter, this is probably not news.

Humans play host to many little passengers. Right now, you’re incubating, shedding or have already been colonised by viral, bacterial, parasitic or fungal microorganisms - perhaps all of them! Are you sick? Maybe, maybe not.

More than two-thirds of toddlers burned in hot drink accidents are not treated with correct first aid, according to new research.