Public and allied health

Deciding what to eat can be mentally taxing, especially when you are not feeling well. However, our diet plays a role in preventing and managing poor health, including COVID.

We all know that polluted air can make it harder to breathe, but did you know that it also makes it harder to think? Even work?

See how the award-winning team at the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre is helping people speak to their loved ones again.

Many older people fear losing their driver’s licence and what it may mean for their independence, but UQ researchers hope a new fitness-to-drive assessment test will help end the confusion.

Our researchers breakdown the Queensland government's decision to accept in principle recommendations from a 2022 inquiry into the rights of donor-conceived people.

E-Dengue uses a prediction model to help local communities and health centres mitigate outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease in the Mekong Delta Region.

Queenslanders are being challenged to slash the state’s skin cancer numbers by a quarter over the next 3 decades with a new report showing we’ve dropped the ball on prevention of the deadly disease.

As a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Specialist with the Queensland Children’s Hospital, Dr Jasneek Chawla explores new treatments for children with neurodisabilities.

Dr Felicity Han says there's room for improvement when it comes to the painful injections that many people living with HIV endure each day.

In an emergency, where do you turn to find out what’s going on and what you should do to stay safe? Associate Professor Stan Karanasios answers.