Breadcrumbs List.
Health and medicine
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New Zealand no place for anti-health lobbying
23 August 2023
Calls for public health action have historically been swamped by industry opposition and now this imbalance is even worse, argues Boyd Swinburn
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School speed limits create safety lottery
21 August 2023
Auckland Transport’s safe speed proposals will lead to a postcode lottery for child safety, say public health advocates.
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Magnesium research set to inform preterm care
18 August 2023
Giving magnesium to mothers just before early birth, at 30 to 34 weeks, may help babies’ brains develop, but more research is needed.
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How food delivery apps want to control your diet
16 August 2023
Opinion: Opinion: From cleverly placed ads on Instagram to eye-catching promos on food delivery apps, our digital lives are nudging us toward specific food choices, and most of them unhealthy, says Rajshri Roy
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Researchers install pollen trap on Auckland Museum roof
14 August 2023
Asthma and allergy researchers have installed a pollen trap on the Auckland Museum roof to provide current data on allergenic pollen in the air we breathe.
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Thomas Swinburn: student doctor's winning human touch
1 August 2023
Medical student Thomas Swinburn has discovered medicine is best dispensed with a large dose of humanity. Writing about that earned him a global award.
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The impact of extreme weather on young people
1 August 2023
The Extreme Weather Survey will be used to inform future planning for extreme weather in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Researchers awarded seed grants to scope range of health projects
31 July 2023
University researchers successful in initial 2023 round of activation grants funded by Health Research Council.
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Eye drops set to replace reading glasses
25 July 2023
Replacing reading glasses with eye drops sounds too good to be true, but that’s the claim being made for a breakthrough treatment that could be coming to Aotearoa NZ.
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Researchers test ‘cool roofs’ in climate hot spots
24 July 2023
Scientists will test ‘cool roofs’ in countries that are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of global warming.
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Māori a third more likely to be admitted with treatment injuries
21 July 2023
Māori are a third more likely to be admitted to hospital with treatment injuries than non-Māori, new research shows.
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Medical schools release updated informed consent statement
21 July 2023
An updated informed consent statement is set to be introduced by Aotearoa’s two medical schools, Auckland and Otago.