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Injury cost more than ten times higher than scooter licensing fee
22 October 2019
Injuries from electric scooters in the Auckland region cost the health system upwards of $1 million in less than a year, a study from the University of Auckland shows.
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Power-house Hussain: Medical student wins Sports Blue Award
22 October 2019
Not only is Shehnaz Hussain powering through her MBChB, she has also broken three New Zealand powerlifting records and been awarded a University of Auckland Blues Award for achieving sporting excellence.
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Heading home to talk Huntington's Disease
18 October 2019
Sir Richard Faull, Director of the Centre for Brain Research, headed back to Taranaki to talk about Huntington's Disease.
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Government shouldn't sit on $7.5b surplus while families need help
18 October 2019
OPINION: The Government's surpise surplus offers a clear opportunity to make real improvements in the health and lives of all of our children, writes Professor Innes Asher.
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Study leads to global rethink of how to prevent fractures in older people
17 October 2019
A team of New Zealand researchers have been recognised for their groundbreaking paper that could help reduce the number of older women presenting with fractures by up to half.
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Ngāpuhi doctor honoured for advancing Māori health
17 October 2019
Dr Matire Harwood has been recognised for excelling in a clinical research career that has improved Māori health in key areas such as asthma, stroke, heart disease and diabetes.
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PM previews cancer research
16 October 2019
New Zealand Prime Minister the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern was introduced to some of the innovative cancer research underway at the University of Auckland during a visit in October.
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Why the ‘love science’ behind MAFS is completely bogus
16 October 2019
Is it possible to predict attraction and how successful a relationship will be before two people meet? Health Psychology PhD candidate Holly Dixon explains why the entire Married at First Sight franchise is based on bunk science.
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Immersed in the Centre for Brain Research
15 October 2019
This year's Brain Bee winners had the opportunity to experience the Centre for Brain Research for a day.
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An area where we can’t neglect nutrition
15 October 2019
Opinion: Given the vast impact poor diet is having on global health, the deficit in nutrition education in medicine is a big problem, writes Dr Jennifer Crowley.
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Who should we trust about 5G?
11 October 2019
Opinion: As concerns arise about perceived health risks of 5G, Mark Elwood explains how we can decipher the conflicting messages coming out of extensive research.
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“We’re not invisible, we’re not senile” - short film
10 October 2019
University research into loneliness and social isolation among older New Zealanders has helped create an animated short film running in the Show Me Shorts film festival.
