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How to make good on a mental health promise
14 June 2019
Opinion: Government plans to improve mental health services will only succeed if protected from vagaries of the political environment, writes Professor Peter Adams.
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Medical school and playdates a day-in-the-life of top graduate
14 June 2019
Graduating top of the University of Auckland’s medical school was particularly meaningful for former nurse and mother-of-two young children Dr Christi Bowern, who completed her degree while raising her family.
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Things that go bump in the night: new ‘normal’ for baby movements
13 June 2019
A new study shows it is entirely normal in late pregnancy for babies to be more active in the evening and bedtime, and that babies’ movements tend to keep getting stronger even as they come to term.
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Four speeding myths debunked
10 June 2019
Opinion: Dr Kirsty Wild and Professor Alistair Woodward from FMHS pick out and dismantle four flimsy arguments against reducing speed limits on dangerous roads.
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How blue light treatment in surgery speeds recovery
6 June 2019
Initial trials into the use of blue light during surgery have been encouraging, and it was bees that led University of Auckland scientists to the discovery.
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Queen’s Birthday Honours for University of Auckland academics
5 June 2019
The exceptional service of six University of Auckland researchers has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
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What it’s really like to grow old - challenged, not threatened
4 June 2019
Enough talk about decline, disability, frailty and disease in advanced age – a new University of Auckland-led study suggests 85-plus New Zealanders view managing their own health as a matter of challenges and adaptation.
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HRC funding success for FMHS staff
31 May 2019
Six staff members from the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences have collectively been awarded over $1 million in research funding from the Health Research Council.
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Cancer research leading to a treatment revolution
31 May 2019
In the past decade, cancer research undertaken at the University of Auckland has changed lives. Our top scientists say it has now entered the next frontier and there is hope that cancer could eventually be brought under control.
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Cancer researcher Elizabeth Iorns now a fearless entrepreneur
31 May 2019
Elizabeth Iorns put her career as a cancer researcher on the backburner to help other scientists.
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Advice, not probiotics, helps pregnant mums gain less weight
30 May 2019
Women gain less weight during pregnancy when given personalised healthy eating advice, but probiotics do not reduce health risks in pregnant women with obesity, a new study has found.
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Petition to tax sugary drinks can’t be ignored (again)
24 May 2019
University of Auckland academic Dr Gerhard Sundborn, on behalf of the New Zealand Beverage Guidance Panel, has launched another petition to the government to introduce a tax on sugary drinks.
