18017 /news/t/health-medicine en Do the traits we value in a partner predict who we pursue? /news/article/2024/09/do-traits-we-value-partner-predict-who-we-pursue <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ research has found the traits people value in a romantic partner can influence their dating choices. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-10-15T12:45:00+10:00">15 October 2024</span></div></div></div> Mon, 30 Sep 2024 02:43:08 +0000 uqccla12 136282 at /news Boosting quality of life for people with advanced breast cancer /news/article/2024/10/boosting-quality-of-life-people-advanced-breast-cancer <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Two hundred people are being recruited for a major study investigating how diet and exercise can help those living with metastatic breast cancer.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-10-11T07:45:00+10:00">11 October 2024</span></div></div></div> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 04:35:30 +0000 uqdcla21 136320 at /news Spider venom heart drug moves to clinical trials /news/article/2024/10/spider-venom-heart-drug-moves-clinical-trials <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">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 fundin</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-10-07T15:45:00+10:00">7 October 2024</span></div></div></div> Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:49:18 +0000 uqebla11 136310 at /news Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ chairs gathering of global flu experts /news/article/2024/10/uq-chairs-gathering-of-global-flu-experts <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">More than 1,400 experts have visited Brisbane for the world’s only scientific meeting dedicated to influenza, chaired by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­&#039;s Associate Professor Kirsty Short. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-10-04T17:45:00+10:00">4 October 2024</span></div></div></div> Fri, 04 Oct 2024 07:42:28 +0000 uqebla11 136311 at /news Child tube-feeding research wins Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s 2024 3MT final /news/article/2024/10/child-tube-feeding-research-wins-uq%E2%80%99s-2024-3mt-final <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">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) fin</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-10-03T11:00:00+10:00">3 October 2024</span></div></div></div> Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:12:49 +0000 uqccla12 136283 at /news Relationship between sleep and pain is not what we think /news/article/2024/10/relationship-between-sleep-and-pain-not-what-we-think <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A University of Queensland study investigating the links between sleep and pain could fundamentally change the way doctors and clinicians treat people with chronic pain.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-10-02T06:00:00+10:00">2 October 2024</span></div></div></div> Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:19:08 +0000 uqpfrost 136287 at /news Lab-grown spines unlock safer treatment for women with epilepsy /news/article/2024/09/lab-grown-spines-unlock-safer-treatment-women-epilepsy <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers have made a significant step towards enabling women with epilepsy safer access to a common and highly effective anti-seizure medication. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-10-01T06:00:00+10:00">1 October 2024</span></div></div></div> Mon, 30 Sep 2024 02:03:15 +0000 uqebla11 136278 at /news Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ student completes PhD against the odds /news/article/2024/09/uq-student-completes-phd-against-odds <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Completing a PhD is no easy feat, but throw in significant health challenges and that makes the academic achievements of one Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ graduate even more remarkable.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-09-19T08:45:00+10:00">19 September 2024</span></div></div></div> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:48:45 +0000 uqccla12 136240 at /news Science backs traditional knowledge of Kakadu plum health benefits /news/article/2024/09/science-backs-traditional-knowledge-of-kakadu-plum-health-benefits <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ research has confirmed antioxidant properties in an Australian bushfood used by Indigenous people for generations.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-09-18T06:00:00+10:00">18 September 2024</span></div></div></div> Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:56:26 +0000 uqnroock 136250 at /news MRFF backs Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ epilepsy research /news/article/2024/09/mrff-backs-uq-epilepsy-research <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers have received $4.1 million from the Medical Research Future Fund to advance their research into epilepsy treatments made from spider venom proteins. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-09-17T12:00:00+10:00">17 September 2024</span></div></div></div> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 01:55:40 +0000 uqmwelc1 136252 at /news