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UQ's refugee student makes her way to physiotherapy program

Shali Thevarasan was 12 when she, along with her parents and older brother, fled Sri-Lanka for a safer life in Australia. While it was a relief to reach Australian shores, the University of Queensland physiotherapy student admits it was a huge adjustment.

22 Jun 2022

Medical societies publish guidelines on how to treat pre-invasive lesions of the vulva

Four international medical societies have collaborated on consensus statements for physicians, published in the Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, about how to treat pre-invasive lesions of the vulva.

21 Jun 2022

Access to campus food pantry directly improves students' health

While access to food is a national concern, college students are experiencing food insecurity at a rate four times higher than the general public.

21 Jun 2022

Intimate partner violence linked with self-harm, suicidality in both men and women

Published in The Lancet Psychiatry, a new study is the first to show that intimate partner violence (IPV) is strongly associated with self-harm and suicidality in both men and women, and across all ages in England.

21 Jun 2022

First open-source program can improve detection and tracking of pathogenic DNA sequences

It's a given that certain bacteria and viruses can cause illness and disease, but the real culprits are the sequences of concern that lie within the genomes of these microbes.

21 Jun 2022

After-school activities can make children happier and healthier than screen time

Whether it's sports practice, music lessons or a casual catch up with friends, when children are involved in after-school activities, they're more likely to feel happier and healthier than their counterparts who are glued to a screen.

21 Jun 2022

A quantitative analysis on the recruitment of female students in US neurosurgery programs

The authors of this article evaluated residents enrolled in US neurosurgery programs in 2021 to characterize which medical schools most successfully recruited female students into the field over a 7-year period.

21 Jun 2022

Agricultural soil emissions impact population health and climate

Agricultural pollution comes from the prairie, but its economic impact on humans is a problem for cities.

21 Jun 2022

New scientific statement highlights the cardiopulmonary effects of e-cigarette use among adolescents

E-cigarettes have become increasingly popular among adolescents, and the latest available scientific evidence suggests the use of these products has adverse health effects that may accrue over time, leading to an increased risk of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease over the course of the life of people who use e-cigarettes, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published today in the Association's peer-reviewed journal, Circulation: Research.

21 Jun 2022

Scientists discover a direct pathway for transport of inhaled fine particles from lungs to the brain

Breathing in polluted air could lead to toxic particles being transported from lungs to brain, via the bloodstream – potentially contributing to brain disorders and neurological damage, a new study reveals.

20 Jun 2022

Understanding how and for whom brain training works

If you are skilled at playing puzzles on your smartphone or tablet, what does it say about how fast you learn new puzzles, or, more broadly, how well you can focus, say, in school or at work? Or, in the language of psychologists, does "near transfer" predict "far transfer"?

20 Jun 2022

New scheme set to tackle gaps in student mental health services

Students are set to benefit from better join up of mental health services to prevent them falling through the gaps at university.

20 Jun 2022

Disease ecologist receives $3.5 million to take modeling to the next level with EpiMoRPH

Mathematical modeling-;which combines math, statistics, computing and data-;is a critical tool for public health professionals, who use it to study how diseases spread, predict the future course of outbreaks and evaluate strategies for controlling epidemics.

18 Jun 2022

Traumatic brain injury changes the connections between nerve cells across the entire brain

Scientists from the University of California, Irvine have discovered that an injury to one part of the brain changes the connections between nerve cells across the entire brain.

17 Jun 2022

SARS-CoV-2 variant-specific polymerase chain reaction assay for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance

Researchers reported on the misclassification of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 subvariant as Omicron BA.2 subvariant in an automated variant-specific polymerase chain reaction analysis.

17 Jun 2022

Two Tennessee abortion clinics, awaiting high-court ruling, grapple with uncertainty

Corinne Rovetti is worried about what will happen to the Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health if the Supreme Court overturns the constitutional right to abortion.

17 Jun 2022

Repeated exposure to hurricanes may be associated with increased mental health problems

Repeated exposure to hurricanes, whether direct, indirect or media-based, is linked to adverse psychological symptoms and may be associated with increased mental health problems, according to a first-of-its kind study led by University of California, Irvine researchers.

16 Jun 2022

students News and Research

UQ's refugee student makes her way to physiotherapy program

Medical societies publish guidelines on how to treat pre-invasive lesions of the vulva

Access to campus food pantry directly improves students' health

Intimate partner violence linked with self-harm, suicidality in both men and women

First open-source program can improve detection and tracking of pathogenic DNA sequences

After-school activities can make children happier and healthier than screen time

A quantitative analysis on the recruitment of female students in US neurosurgery programs

Agricultural soil emissions impact population health and climate

New scientific statement highlights the cardiopulmonary effects of e-cigarette use among adolescents

Scientists discover a direct pathway for transport of inhaled fine particles from lungs to the brain

Understanding how and for whom brain training works

New scheme set to tackle gaps in student mental health services

Disease ecologist receives $3.5 million to take modeling to the next level with EpiMoRPH

Traumatic brain injury changes the connections between nerve cells across the entire brain

SARS-CoV-2 variant-specific polymerase chain reaction assay for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance

Two Tennessee abortion clinics, awaiting high-court ruling, grapple with uncertainty

Repeated exposure to hurricanes may be associated with increased mental health problems

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People who believe luck determines their fate are more likely to have severe gum disease

Stanford researcher outlines pollution and climate change threats to children's health

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