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Pharmacy student’s recommendations presented to WHO
27 October 2021
The Interprofessional Education (IPE) challenge fosters interdisciplinary collaboration between students from U21 universities. We caught up with Daniel Young, a student from the University of Auckland whose team had the winning project.
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Hunt for blood marker for endometrial cancer
21 October 2021
Endometrial cancer is striking younger women. Detection and treatment could be improved with a first-of-its-kind blood test.
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No, Covid-19 vaccines don’t affect women’s fertility
13 October 2021
Opinion: Dr Michelle Wise explains some of the FAQs surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine and fertility.
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Genetic discrimination is a threat in New Zealand because of lack of protections
5 October 2021
Your genetic test could be used against you, writes Professor Andrew Shelling, of the University of Auckland, and Jane Tiller, of Monash University.
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NZ’s largest-ever health and wellbeing survey with tweens gets underway
1 October 2021
New Zealand’s largest longitudinal study of child development is about to launch the most comprehensive collection of data ever conducted with intermediate-aged children in this country.
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Just how far can kindness travel?
30 September 2021
Opinion: Can New Zealanders care about people in low-income countries when we have our own pressing social problems? Nikki Turner speaks to UNICEF Aotearoa.
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Can viewing art reduce stress?
29 September 2021
There's evidence that looking at paintings can reduce stress and anxiety. A researcher wants to know if this phenomenon can help surgery patients heal.
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Untapped tool can help tame depression
29 September 2021
University of Auckland researchers are urging wider use of a little-known treatment for depression called transcranial magnetic stimulation.
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Dementia's looming toll exposed in research report
28 September 2021
Dementia is set to cost $6 billion a year by 2050, posing a major risk to New Zealand’s health system, according to a University of Auckland report.
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Looking inside our bodies with physics
28 September 2021
MRI Physicist Dr Catherine Morgan is using the physics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging to find early predictors of dementia.
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A brain technique to tame depression
28 September 2021
Opinion: A technique to treat depression is only available privately in NZ. In this Mental Health Awareness Week Kate Godfrey puts a case for making it available widely.
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Can New Zealand ever kick its sweet tooth?
24 September 2021
Non-sugar sweeteners such as stevia are on the rise as manufacturers respond to health concerns linked to the consumption of sugar.
