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New Zealand’s abortion anomaly

24 March 2021

Opinion: On the first anniversary of changes to abortion legislation, Rachel Simon-Kumar and Janine Paynter compare NZ to other nations on sex-selective terminations.
Bioengineers show that fidgeting might help us concentrate

22 March 2021

A collaboration between researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and Mātai Medical Research Institute have demonstrated that fidgeting might improve activation of the decision-making region of the brain.
Covid-19: ‘I cried quietly to myself – we had beaten it’

17 March 2021

Opinion: A year ago Shaun Hendy and colleagues kicked off a plan to model the spread of Covid in order to beat it. He had no idea of the tough emotional challenge ahead.
Reducing organ failure in acute critical illness including Covid-19

16 March 2021

Acute critical illness can result from many different initiating causes such as severe infection, trauma or inflammation states like acute pancreatitis.
Auckland scientist helps unravel mystery of Covid-19 brain effects

11 March 2021

Neuroscientist Helen Murray’s expertise with a tiny part of the brain has given her a role in unravelling the mysteries of Covid-19’s neurological effects.
Gender bias in medicine and medical research is still putting women's health at risk

8 March 2021

Opinion: International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements and raises awareness of the continuing mission towards gender equality. So it’s a good time to be reminded we still need to correct decades – centuries even – of gender bias in medicine and medical research.
Women can’t be excluded from vaccine trials

8 March 2021

Opinion: On International Women’s Day, Nikki Turner, Immunisation Advisory Centre director, talks about vaccine clinical trials and why women should never be excluded.
Brands leverage Covid-19 lockdown to market unhealthy food

8 March 2021

Companies selling snacks and fast food leveraged Aotearoa’s first pandemic lockdown to market unhealthy products.
How did we get vaccines so quickly?

2 March 2021

Opinion: In less than a year, the world has a number of available licensed Covid-19 vaccines – this is incredible progress. Nikki Turner summarises how it was done.
Collin Tukuitonga: our Covid-19 message is clear

1 March 2021

Dr Collin Tukuitonga is trying to spread simple scientific health messages to Pacific communities and beyond.
So we’re in lockdown again: pick up those needles

1 March 2021

Knitting isn’t just good for your wardrobe – student Mei Gillespie reckons it's a great distraction in lockdown.
Research into heart disease the driving force for Manaaki Mānawa

1 March 2021

A new fundraising appeal will support heart research being undertaken at Manaaki Mānawa, the Centre for Heart Research.

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