Breadcrumbs List.
Health and medicine
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From a pony to a professorship: an unexpected journey
20 September 2024
Jude McCool left school wanting to work with horses. Now she’s a global expert in public health – and a new professor.
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Five generations herald birth of professor
19 September 2024
The journey to become a professor began with the ancestors: Pro Vice-Chancellor Pacific Professor Jemaima Tiatia-Siau delivered A Voyage of Resilience: Navigating Mental Health, Wellbeing, Heritage, and Academia on 13 September.
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Genetic testing provides answers for autistic New Zealanders
19 September 2024
Decade-long study shows value of tests to detect genes causing autism.
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The vaping research conundrum
17 September 2024
How mathematical modelling and digital twins are helping researchers understand the impact of vaping on our future lungs
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Mātauranga Māori in modern health
11 September 2024
The Health Research Council has awarded $1.2 million to study hauora Māori wānanga, highlighting tikanga, mahi toi, and mātauranga tuku iho.
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Ruby’s legacy funds life-changing gut research
10 September 2024
Jo Hill set up a foundation after her beloved daughter died from a terrible gut disease. Now Ruby's Voice is funding groundbreaking research.
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Vague 'green' claims rife on seafood labels
5 September 2024
Most environmental claims on seafood labels found in major New Zealand supermarkets are vague and ambiguous, according to a new study.
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From babies' bedsides to bioengineering
4 September 2024
There are many ways to improve outcomes for premature babies, says new Liggins-ABI PhD graduate Robyn May. She chose “sexy maths and statistics”.
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Enhancing rangatahi well-being through Mātauranga Māori
1 September 2024
Clinical psychology researchers aim to enhance services for rangatahi who engage in self-harm, through a kaupapa Māori approach.
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Research probes understanding of anger through NZ-born Sāmoan worldview
29 August 2024
Young Samoan academic hopes her research will foster understanding and respect for NZ-born Sāmoan emotional experiences by centring their worldview.
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Where there's smokeless tobacco there's quite likely fire
29 August 2024
Opinion: Those who can't learn from history are condemned to repeat it, so we could have learned more from the recent short history of vaping, says Kelly Burrowes
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Obesity doubles in Asian communities
28 August 2024
The rate of Asians who are obese has doubled in the past 20 years and racism has persisted over that time, according to a sweeping new report.