Psychology & Psychiatry
It can wait: Apps aim to stop deadly phone use
Is the temptation to use your phone and drive simply too much for most people?
Dec 18, 2018
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Health
Healthy holiday sleep for kids: a how to
Christmas, summer holidays, family gatherings – excitement and anticipation abound in young children's lives this time of year as do late nights and early rising with the sun – all potential sleep disruptors.
Dec 17, 2018
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Health
No room for pollies' personal views in euthanasia debate
Whatever the opinion of the public, academics or medical professionals, QUT researchers say it will be politicians who decide on whether laws on euthanasia, or voluntary assisted dying, are changed.
Dec 11, 2018
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Health
Australia is not prepared for climate change health impacts
A new report in the Medical Journal of Australia on the country's climate change mitigation and adaptation activities is out today.
Nov 29, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When it comes to love—personality matters: research
Men with a greater range of personality traits, especially those deemed extraverted, emotionally stable, agreeable or conscientious, have sex more often and produce more children, according to a new QUT study.
Nov 20, 2018
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Ophthalmology
New contact lens to treat eye injuries
A new therapeutic contact lens that acts as a bandage for eye surface injuries being developed by QUT researchers could soon fast track the healing of previously difficult to treat corneal wounds.
Nov 5, 2018
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Health
Online sperm donors more agreeable: study
As prospective parents increasingly seek sperm donors online, an international study has analysed what sort of men are donating sperm in this informal setting as opposed to a traditional clinic. And it seems a key characteristic ...
Nov 1, 2018
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Surgery
Real-world solution softens surgery
When 10-year-old Chelsy Jones needed a lengthy operation to correct a spinal deformity, her surgeon enlisted the help of QUT biomedical engineer, Dr. Paige Little, to custom design a novel support mattress.
Oct 25, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Journalism study evaluates emotions on the job
A QUT journalism academic says the current freelancer-heavy market for media professionals could be preventing photographers and video journalists who report on traumatic news events from accessing the support they need.
Oct 22, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Increased violence and suicidal thoughts characterized in study of men
An Australian first study involving 1000 men aged 18 to 30 has found those who conform to traditional definitions of manhood – dubbed 'the man box' – are twice as likely to consider suicide and seven times more likely ...
Oct 16, 2018
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