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Health and medicine
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Health's 'back office' crucial to modern healthcare
15 May 2024
Opinion: Our health system problems don’t stop at the front line – New Zealand would do well to invest in the power of remote and digital techniques, says Peter Davis
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AI has multiple uses in surgery, research finds
14 May 2024
New research shows AI can help solve problems for patients, doctors and the health system.
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Research raises hope for ending HIV by 2030
13 May 2024
Ending HIV transmission in NZ is in sight, but trends in testing and prevention suggest more needs to be done.
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Tongan eruption spurs research on kids’ PTSD
9 May 2024
Dr Patelisio Na’a Patelisio graduates with a masters, thanks to parents Kosilio and Patinia Patelisio who sacrificed to support him through earlier medical training.
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'73 with a PhD’: Meet Dr Te Piere Warahi
9 May 2024
When Dr Te Piere Warahi (Ngāti Maniapoto) embarked on a doctorate about caring for kaumātua, he had no idea it would lead to changing his name and growing personally
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Liggins graduate leads groundbreaking mental health research
8 May 2024
Metua Daniel-Atutolu’s research journey into the mental health of Cook Island adolescents highlights the importance of indigenous voices in research and sheds light on a deepening crisis.
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How a sister's fear of needles became a PhD success
7 May 2024
When Michael Hoffman's graduates with his PhD this month, he knows his research is part of a potential revolution in how we take blood from reluctant patients. But the story behind it is far more personal.
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The tough science behind locating breast tumours
3 May 2024
Breast tissue has an unnerving tendency to move around in complicated ways, making it hard to pinpoint breast tumours when it comes to surgery. A team at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute wants to change that.
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Preterm babies deserve better
1 May 2024
Opinion: Katie Groom on how the government-funded Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee has made a number of preterm birth recommendations over the last 15 years, but we still aren't following them.
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AI’s huge potential to improve healthcare
29 April 2024
Opinion: Dr Reza Shahamiri describes some of the ways AI is transforming healthcare services to be more accessible and affordable, and how it's going to get even better.
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Waiting for mums' milk safer than thought for preterm babies
26 April 2024
A new study into feeding moderately premature babies finds giving them costly intravenous proteins and extra milk doesn’t get them out of hospital sooner than simply waiting until a mother’s milk has come in.
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Fifty years on follow-up finds landmark steroid study remains safe
23 April 2024
50-year follow up finds no adverse heart health risk from landmark steroid study to reduce illness and death for pre-term babies