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Top honour for proving fertility treatment effective
18 October 2018
Professor Cindy Farquhar, postgraduate professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Auckland, has won the Health Research Council’s Liley Medal for her research on fertility.
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Professor's electrifying journey through the gut
17 October 2018
For the last 15 years bioengineer Professor Leo Cheng has been studying and modelling the inner workings of our stomachs.
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Origins of female homosexuality
11 October 2018
Hormonal environments in the womb may help explain the evolutionary origins of female homosexuality and determine the spectrum of sexual orientation in women according to a review article published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
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New hope for diagnosis and treatment of digestive disorders
4 October 2018
Debilitating and common digestive disorders that can take years to diagnose and are hard to treat are the target of new research from Dr Tim Angeli.
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Antenatal scans save heart disease babies’ lives
4 October 2018
Babies with life-threatening congenital heart disease are more likely to survive if their mothers have had access to high quality ultrasound scans.
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Treatment shown to reduce fractures in older women
2 October 2018
Researchers from the University of Auckland have shown that a treatment known to reduce fractures in women with osteoporosis is equally effective in reducing fractures in women over the age of 65 who have only mild bone loss.
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Watch Liggins Institute Gut Bugs study doco on TV
27 September 2018
Would you take capsules of healthy, lean people’s poo if you thought it might radically improve your health?
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Return of polio a message about vaccines
27 September 2018
Opinion: Polio-free for 18 years, this incurable virus is back in Papua New Guinea. How has this happened? What does it mean for NZ? Dr Heather Battles (Anthropology) explains.
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New admissions test for healthcare students
24 September 2018
A group of leading universities in Australia and New Zealand, including the University of Otago and the University of Auckland, are embarking on an exciting new collaboration with similar universities in the United Kingdom.
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Giving back
20 September 2018
Opinion: Scientist-turned-development-manager Dr Nicole Bassett reflects on her eclectic career and the impulse to give back.
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The heart of the matter
18 September 2018
A young New Zealand researcher who is part of a cutting-edge, international heart team at Oxford University returns home next week to graduate.
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Endometriosis: from hysteria to research-based care
17 September 2018
Opinion: Age-old stereotypes about female bodies and suffering are still cheating women of effective, respectful care.
