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Young people who stop using cannabis or amphetamines before becoming adults experience life success at the same levels of those who have never used drugs, according to a University of Queensland study.

Floods are devastating communities in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales and have pushed emergency services to their limits.

Australian parents with multiple children often struggle to ensure their kids meet screen time guidelines, research has revealed.

Ongoing concerns expressed by many doctors about the introduction of a one-step approach to the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has led to a call for a review of the Australian diagnostic criteria from the authors of a Perspective published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Early in the pandemic, the COVIDSafe app was designed as a tool to improve contact tracing. And a multimedia campaign promoted it as helping to find more COVID contacts faster.

Four Faculty of Medicine research projects aiming to improve the health outcomes for Australians affected by some of the world’s rarest cancers and diseases have been awarded funding.

The University of Queensland has updated a calculator to help people understand their risk factors for COVID-19 infection and vaccination with the Pfizer vaccine.

A semi-trailer will be converted into the world’s first mobile lung cancer screening facility to help boost early detection and increase survival rates in rural and remote Queensland where access to specialists is limited.

University of Queensland researchers have called on governments to quicken the pace towards a smoke-free Australia by increasing their attention on reducing the availability of cigarettes.

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced that from November 1, quarantine will no longer be required for international arrivals who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Women with undiagnosed endometriosis will have difficulty falling pregnant without IVF, according to a University of Queensland study.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been repeatedly harmed by policies and decisions that drive systematic dispossession, disempowerment, overincarceration and poverty.

This World No Tobacco Day, 148 health organisations have signed an open letter calling on governments to work towards phasing out commercial cigarette sales.

Climate may play a role in the prevalence of asthma, with a University of Queensland study suggesting more sunshine potentially reduces the incidence.

A study by University of Queensland researchers has highlighted the need to improve mental health assessments and pathways to care for childbearing women who experience suicidality.