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Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
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Protect yourself from side effects just by reading this article
17 April 2023
Opinion: Kate MacKrill explains how about the nocebo effect – the 'evil twin' of the placebo effect – makes you less likely to experience negative side effects of drugs or treatments, including the Covid vaccine.
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Kupe Leadership Scholarship recipient to blaze the way for Māori health
13 April 2023
Kiana Young-Whenuaroa (Ngā Rauru, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Maniapoto) is a recipient of the 2023 Kupe Leadership Scholarship, with goals to advocate for for health equity for Māori.
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Māori student aims to create a pathway for better health outcomes in Aotearoa
13 April 2023
Ariana Andrews (Waikato-Tainui, Te Whakatōhea) is a recipient of the 2023 Kupe Leadership Scholarship program, with aspirations to aid life expectancy among Māori.
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The connection between sleep and Parkinson's disease
12 April 2023
Opinion: Sleep might be the single most crucial aspect of a healthy lifestyle to protect us from myriad diseases and help us manage those we are affected by, including Parkinson's Disease, writes Victor Dieriks
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The neuroprotective quality of coffee
11 April 2023
Opinion: Victor Dieriks explains why he started drinking coffee, even though he didn't like the taste of it.
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Gene-editing treatment relieves debilitating symptoms
4 April 2023
Kiwi patients with a painful and deadly genetic condition say a single gene-editing treatment has relieved their symptoms.
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Daylight savings and circadian rhythms
31 March 2023
Opinion: The beginning and ending of daylight saving does put us temporarily out of sync with our biological clock, which is integral to maintaining the sleep-wake cycle explains Guy Warman.
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Novel drug offers hope for heart failure patients
29 March 2023
A novel drug is showing promise for alleviating both heart failure and the sleep apnoea associated with it.
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2023 Kupe Leadership Scholars announced
29 March 2023
Students from across the University are undertaking an exciting experience of personal growth and challenge this year thanks to a Kupe Leadership Scholarship.
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Research network aims to optimise brain health
27 March 2023
A national research network, which aims to promote brain health throughout the lives of New Zealanders, has been launched.
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Covid-19: Kiwi health workers felt ‘abandoned’
27 March 2023
Kiwi frontline health workers’ feedback from Covid-19 needs to inform solutions to the current workforce crisis, researchers say.
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$70M to ramp up research into RNA vaccines and other treatments
22 March 2023
Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington and Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland, have been named as co-hosts of a government-funded Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Development Platform.