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Following a ban on tobacco smoking in prisons, some Australian prisoners are creating substitute cigarettes from crushed nicotine lozenges mixed with tea leaves. More than half of the participants we sampled in our recent study have used this product, known as “teabacco”.

Women who spend more time sitting down as they age are at higher risk of becoming frail, a University of Queensland study has found.

Outdated legal and policy frameworks are preventing health professionals and patients from using digital treatment options such as mobile phone apps.

What is the economic impact of teledermoscopy as a viable method of skin cancer triage? 

An integrated telehealth service could help close the gap for Indigenous Australians with dementia living in rural and remote communities.

A two-year physical exercise program for senior citizens in Brisbane has resulted in improved health and fitness for at-risk older people.

When a new treatment becomes available for a particular health condition, such as a new medication to treat a disease, it’s tested to see whether it’s effective for its intended purpose. It’s also tested for potential side effects. This is done through a series of human trials, known as clinical trials.

Not every drug designed by pharmaceutical companies makes it to the market; very few do. Only 9.6% of new drugs in development in the years 2006-2015 successfully made it to the market to be used by patients. That’s because there’s quite a process a drug needs to go through to make sure it’s not only effective for what it’s designed for, but that it’s not harmful.

Online geriatric assessments are as reliable as face-to-face decisions when geriatricians consider the suitability of residential care for older hospital patients, a study has found.

The University of Queensland has been awarded almost $7.5 million to accelerate improvements in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of dementia.

Professor Peter Yellowlees has been announced as the keynote speaker at Successes and Failures in Telemedicine (SFT-17) – being held in Brisbane from 30-31 October, 2017.