Breadcrumbs List.
Health and medicine
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Study offers hope for osteoporosis prevention
17 January 2025
A widely used drug could be used to prevent fractures related to osteoporosis.
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Saving lives using digital twins of sick lungs
16 January 2025
A pioneering project is creating digital twins of the lungs, offering a glimpse into how patients might respond to surgery for a hard-to-treat condition.
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Discovery raises hopes for obesity treatment
16 January 2025
Scientists have discovered a new gene that controls obesity offering hopes for novel treatments.
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Researchers win $8.3m grant to prevent influenza
15 January 2025
The University of Auckland-led project plans to develop a tool to predict the risk and mitigate the effect of flu and other respiratory illness.
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Diagnosis of dementia in under 65-year-olds often faces frustrating delay
15 January 2025
Analysis: Shruti Sharma and Brigid Ryan have completed the first study of the diagnostic pathway of young-onset dementia in New Zealand.
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Childhood trauma the norm, but positive experiences help
14 January 2025
Children with traumatic experiences have a higher risk of obesity – but this can be turned around.
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University of Auckland neurology researchers gain $1.5m funding boost
14 January 2025
The Neurological Foundation has awarded more than $1.5 million to University of Auckland researchers.
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HRC puts $4.3m into University projects
9 January 2025
More than $4.3 million from the Health Research Council will allow University of Auckland researchers to delve into a fascinating range of issues.
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Fellowship fuels research on pancreatic cancer
6 January 2025
Pancreatic cancer is more deadly than many cancers, a problem being tackled by University of Auckland doctoral student and Waitematā surgeon Dr Howe Mao.
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Fellowship funds quest to understand dementia
20 December 2024
New treatments are urgently needed for dementia, says University of Auckland pharmacology researcher Amy Smith.
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: help at hand
19 December 2024
How best to support people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and their whānau is the focus of a new study at the University of Auckland.
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Hospital gowns make patients feel vulnerable
19 December 2024
Wearing hospital gowns increases patients' feelings of vulnerability and powerlessness, a new study confirms.