Breadcrumbs List.
Health and medicine
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Waiting for mums' milk safer than thought for preterm babies
26 April 2024
A new study into feeding moderately premature babies finds giving them costly intravenous proteins and extra milk doesn’t get them out of hospital sooner than simply waiting until a mother’s milk has come in.
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Fifty years on follow-up finds landmark steroid study remains safe
23 April 2024
50-year follow up finds no adverse heart health risk from landmark steroid study to reduce illness and death for pre-term babies
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Time to give your heart (and wallet) an oil change
21 April 2024
Opinion: Drs Kathryn Bradbury and Helen Eyles provide a guide to cheaper and healthy alternatives to the increasingly costly olive oil, for drizzling, baking and frying.
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Excessive screen-time bad for kids' health
15 April 2024
Kiwi kids spend the most time on the internet in class in the world, with a new study finding multiple health harms.
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George Laking: a lifetime of revelations
3 April 2024
When a cancer specialist develops a rare form of cancer and considers it a learning experience, that’s dedication to research. George Laking says his time in hospital also proved his point.
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Shining a light on Pacific health outcomes
31 March 2024
Opinion: Dr Simone Watkins captures what it's like, as an Afakasi Samoan doctor, to experience Pacific health statistics, up close and very personally
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Landmark dementia study focuses on ethnic diversity
25 March 2024
A new study into dementia starts with the shocking premise that we don’t really know how many Kiwis are affected, or their cultural background.
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Vision for whānau health inspires graduate
21 March 2024
Merophy Brown wants her masters research to help all whānau to have positive experiences in Whangārei Hospital.
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We need to speak up about economic violence
21 March 2024
Opinion: Greater support should be given to women subjected to economic abuse, targeting men who are perpetrating this harm, says Janet Fanslow
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Boost to nurse practitioner numbers
19 March 2024
Te Whatu Ora increases support for those applying for the Nurse Practitioner Training Programme.
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Opioid use on rise in NZ
18 March 2024
One in ten opioid-naive patients stay on the addictive painkillers post surgery and use is increasing among older people, according to new research.
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First NZ training programme for cardiac ultrasound launches
15 March 2024
A new training programme in specialist heart imaging, crucial for diagnosing, treating and researching heart disease, has started for the first time in Aotearoa New Zealand.