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Is there something about the shingles vaccine that reduces dementia risk?

11 September 2026

Analysis: Helen Petousis-Harris unpacks the growing evidence of a link between the shingles vaccines and reduced rates of dementia.
The Pacific isn’t waiting to be 'saved'

10 September 2026

Comment: For many years, Pacific peoples were told about their problems. Today, they are helping define the solutions says Sir Collin Tukuitonga.
Antidepressants may worsen addiction

8 September 2026

Commonly prescribed antidepressants often fail to improve anxiety and depression in people with substance-use disorders, researchers say.
Body clock may speed surgical recovery

7 September 2026

Morning light and other measures that support the body’s natural rhythms could help patients heal faster and get home sooner after surgery.
WHO honours Pacific-led health research centre

5 September 2026

Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa will be launched as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Noncommunicable Diseases and Climate Change on 10 September.
Before we debate targeted admission schemes, everyone needs the facts

4 September 2026

Comment: MAPAS plays an important role in growing the number of Māori and Pacific health professionals. Before its future is debated, the public deserves to see the evidence contained in the government's independent review, writes Professor Warwick Bagg.
Sleepless in Sāmoa: research looks to improve youth mental wellbeing

4 September 2026

Li'amanaia Dr Roannie Ng Shiu is co-leading a groundbreaking project exploring how sleep and circadian rhythms could help address mental health challenges among Pacific youth.
Why singing in a therapeutic choir can help people with brain conditions

3 September 2026

Dr Alison Talmage tells how singing in a therapeutic choir can help people with stroke, Parkinson’s and dementia reconnect with their voices in an upbeat setting.
New app gives patients a voice

3 September 2026

A new app has been designed to give patients a stronger voice by helping them communicate how medicines affect their daily lives and well-being.
The insurance penalties for taking life-saving genetic tests

2 September 2026

Comment: The failure to regulate predictive genetic test results leaves citizens facing insurance penalties, deterring life-saving medical care says Andrew Shelling and Fay Sowerby.
Samantha Holdsworth: science serving communities

1 September 2026

Associate Professor Samantha Holdsworth is determined to turn insights from leading imaging technology research into better health outcomes in Tairāwhiti, and other communities.
Taking aim at one of cancer’s deadliest tricks

31 August 2026

New Zealand’s high melanoma rates come with an even deadlier risk – brain cancer, says University of Auckland’s Dr Akshata Anchan.

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