Breadcrumbs List.
Health and medicine
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Retirement village life: lonely for some
8 September 2020
Opinion: Living in a retirement village does not guarantee protection from loneliness. A study has revealed 39 percent of residents report some level of loneliness.
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Five enduring racist beliefs about health research
4 September 2020
Editorial calls out peer reviewers' 'incorrect and racist' positions on health research
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'Everyone is irritable': Covid-19 at the doctor's practice
4 September 2020
At the community health frontline, GP practice staff are battle-weary and see increasing Covid complacency.
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Why a Plan B when Plan A is working so well?
4 September 2020
Opinion: Mark Thomas puts the case for sticking to Covid “Plan A”. It has been a successful approach so far and we don’t need to change the strategy, he writes.
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Cluster spotlights need for more Pacific medics
2 September 2020
Opinion: The Auckland Covid-19 cluster has highlighted the "unacceptable" representation of Pasifika and Māori health workers in our system, writes Collin Tukuitonga.
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Here's what people are asking about Covid-19 and pregnancy
31 August 2020
Dr Michelle Wise, an obstetrics and gynaecology specialists fields common questions from pregnant women living in a pandemic.
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Covid control a marathon, not a sprint
31 August 2020
Opinion: Kirsty Wild and Alistair Woodward suggest changes to our urban environments that would help us prepare for living with Covid for what could be some time.
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Baby brain study shows how 'white matter' prevents cerebral palsy
28 August 2020
How does a simple treatment protect against cerebral palsy at birth? Professor Caroline Crowther’s study breaks new ground.
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University researchers answering the call for innovation acceleration in Covid response
26 August 2020
Seven projects from the University of Auckland have been awarded funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Covid-19 Innovation Acceleration Fund.
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A message for our scientists
25 August 2020
Opinion: Our scientists are constantly fighting campaigns of misinformation. This should not be their job, writes Neal Curtis, who takes his hat off to them.
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Researchers find key that may unlock Parkinson's Disease puzzle
24 August 2020
Liggins Institute scientists have decoded a gene that plays a major role in regulating and delaying the onset of Parkinson's disease.
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University labs and staff help tackle Covid testing surge
21 August 2020
University laboratory staff have been working seven days a week to tackle Covid test surge.