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Health workforce crisis needs fresh approach

6 September 2022

Some estimates find Aotearoa New Zealand needs 4000 nurses to fill the healthcare gaps. Fresh thinking is needed to tackle the nursing and health workforce shortfall.
Māori and Pacific community power could beat NZ rheumatic fever

2 September 2022

Opinion: The Covid-19 pandemic demonstrated the power of communities in public health, an approach that could and should be used to reduce the high rates of rheumatic fever in Aotearoa New Zealand, says Dr Siobhan Tu’akoi.
NZ leads world in trial of futuristic therapy

26 August 2022

An innovative treatment that repairs a faulty genetic mechanism is being trialled by Kiwis with a rare muscle disease for the first time in the world.
Health inequities at large for rangatahi Māori

26 August 2022

Study finds rangatahi Māori face health inequities, and there are calls to indigenise the health system.
Gestational diabetes: Research suggests improvements in care

18 August 2022

Changing the way diabetes developed during pregnancy is diagnosed could reduce harms for mothers and babies.
A chance to right some wrongs

17 August 2022

Opinion: Banning alcohol sports sponsorship will reduce the industry’s capacity to recruit large numbers of boys into heavy drinking as young men, writes Peter Adams.
If you've recently had Covid, look out for shingles

16 August 2022

Opinion: There is growing evidence that shingles is occurring at a greater rate in people shortly after being infected with Covid says Dr Helen Petousis-Harris.
Breakthrough in search for tinnitus cure

9 August 2022

University of Auckland scientists are excited by results from a trial of a new treatment for tinnitus.
IVF risks low in large study

8 August 2022

Concerns about effects of fertility treatment on children’s development are unwarranted, large study suggests.
Young people ask for help only once

5 August 2022

Psychiatrists are experiencing a perfect storm they fear will have lasting impacts on young people’s mental health, new research shows.
Serotonin and depression link not that simple

5 August 2022

Research that questions the evidence for a link between low levels of brain serotonin and depression does not address the wider context of the illness and its impact, writes Frederick Sundram.
Flagship research centres to tackle urgent societal challenges

1 August 2022

Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland launches Hīkina kia Tutuki Research Centres, focused on our most pressing challenges.

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