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Diabetic weight loss medications are effective for people with schizophrenia without affecting psychotic symptoms, University of Queensland researchers have found.

A digital intervention is set to change the way people living with schizophrenia prevent and manage type 2 diabetes (T2D). 

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.

The first cohort of “home grown’’ doctors, trained exclusively in the Central Queensland and Wide Bay regions, has begun first-year studies through The University of Queensland’s Rural Clinical School.

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.

Researchers from The University of Queensland have secured more than $1 million through the Heart Foundation to advance vital cardiovascular research.

Professor Paul Griffin writes about how the COVID vaccines are going to prepare humanity for the next pandemic.

University of Queensland researchers have shed light on the potentially preventable cost of unexpected hospital readmissions post heart failure.

Professor Paul Griffin writes about the new COVID vaccines that may be coming to Australia soon via the Conversation.

Over 120 Year 1 medical students from The University of Queensland (UQ) recently returned from a four day “immersion” tour, where they experienced the charms and challenges of rural and remote living.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has recognised two members of the Faculty of Medicine in the 2024 AMA awards.

A University of Queensland-led study has found violence against healthcare workers is increasing in both frequency and severity around the world with significant implications for health systems and patient care.

UQ’s Dr Graeme Mattison has been selected to compete in the FameLab Australia 2024 Final in Perth later this year.

An Australian-first university and hospital partnership that has set the benchmark for regional medical training has been renewed for another five years.

Around one in seven Australians take antidepressants. The decision to start is often made in a time of crisis, with the thought they might help for a period and then be stopped. Most people don’t start antidepressants thinking they will take them for life.

A First Nations child born in Australia today can expect to live eight to nine years less than a non-Indigenous child born on the same day, writes Danielle Harrop for the Conversation.

A large-scale, international study conducted by University of Queensland researchers has found people with severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, are up to four times more likely to have two or more chronic physical health conditions.

Forty-five per cent of patients admitted to hospital for atrial fibrillation (AF) in Australia and New Zealand die within a decade, according to University of Queensland research.

UQ researchers have found people maltreated as children are 3 times more likely to be admitted to hospital for alcohol and substance use by the time they’re 40, compared to people who were not maltreated.

Research from The University of Queensland has shed further light on the nature of ‘deep’ relationships between general practitioners and their patients, showing that these relationships intertwine professional and interpersonal aspects, and tend to come to the fore when general practitioners go ‘above and beyond’ for patients experiencing difficulty.