Regular exercise can improve brain function and may protect against dementia in middle-aged and older adults, with women benefitting almost twice as much as men, according to University of Queensland research.
YouTube videos showing cannabis vaping as fun and joyful are widely available and easily accessible to young people, a study led by University of Queensland researchers has found.
This week is Tinnitus Week 2021 – an online campaign to raise awareness of tinnitus and to ensure those with the condition have access to all the information they need. Approximately 17 to 20 per cent of Australians suffer from some degree of tinnitus and six per cent have bothersome tinnitus.
Summer is the season that emergency authorities fear. Temperatures are high; strong winds – including cyclones – blow a gale through much of the country; and many of Australia’s natural disasters occur. This Contact article features comments from Psychology's Associate Professor Vanessa Cobham and Emeritus Professor Justin Kenardy.
UQ School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work PhD student’s work to reduce occupational violence in emergency departments has been boosted by a $150,000 Queensland Advancing Clinical Research Fellowship.
New research from The University of Queensland illustrates, to a certain extent, why we can take someone at 'face value' and why we develop ‘gut feelings’ about a person within a split-second.