Breadcrumbs List.
Health and medicine
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Where the brain goes, the gut follows
2 November 2024
Opinion: Combining physical and mental health assessments is crucial to the long-term management of gut-brain disorders, writes Dr Mikaela Law.
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My Space: Brittney Black
1 November 2024
As part of the My Space series, which explores the University of Auckland's fascinating spaces and the people who work in them, Brittney Black talks about her work at the AMRF Medical Sciences Learning Centre – Whakaaro Pai.
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Vili Nosa: health research at the cutting edge
1 November 2024
Associate Professor Vili Nosa is leading an innovative project exploring if barbershops can help deliver better health outcomes for Pacific men.
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Professor Julian Paton wins Gluckman Medal
30 October 2024
World-leading heart researcher Professor Julian Paton has won one of the University's top research awards.
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Sport champ emerges from Auckland steroid study
21 October 2024
Electra Kalaugher was a prem baby and part of the Auckland Steroid Study 50 years ago. She sometimes wonders if the treatment, now standard practice, might have 'helped' her sports career.
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The worm that turned … into a transformational scientific discovery
15 October 2024
Analysis: John Fraser describes the research that won the 2024 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine, which took years and started with a 1mm-long worm.
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Youth cancer advocate wins top Blues award
13 October 2024
An advocate for youth cancer has won the University of Auckland major Blues Award for the most outstanding contribution in the Service and Leadership category.
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Super-sized risk of heart disease
11 October 2024
Kiwis eat about one-and-a-half times the salt we should, yet fast foods frequently lack information about salt content.
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Baby Isla benefits from 60-year Liggins family link
8 October 2024
Holocaust survivor Lewis Bieder donated medications for critical Kiwi research more than 50 years ago. He had no idea it would help millions of babies worldwide – including a member of his family three generations on.
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Impressive showing for Liggins researchers in global impact list
7 October 2024
The 2024 Stanford Elsevier list of the Top Two Percent of Scientists in the world includes six academics from the Liggins Institute, an impressive achievement for a small institute.
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From science fiction to science fact
4 October 2024
Analysis: Robyn May describes how she and her team developed a digital twin of newborn babies, which could help answer questions about why babies born preterm are likely to have cardiovascular problems throughout life.
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Fight or flight effects on heart health: new funding
4 October 2024
Five University of Auckland biomedical researchers have been awarded Heart Foundation project grants totalling $835,000 over three years