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Potential breakthrough for eating disorder sufferers

18 June 2020

Anorexia and other eating disorders may be linked to a nervous system experiencing inflammation caused by stress, according to an international review co-authored by a University of Auckland researcher.
Mental wellbeing after Covid: go early, go hard, go local

12 June 2020

“Go early, go hard, go local,” is the message of a group of mental health experts calling on the Government to urgently redesign how it provides services to protect mental wellbeing following Covid-19.
Time to clear the food swamp

11 June 2020

Fast food operator KFC has backed down in the face of vocal opposition in Otara. Boyd Swinburne applauds the community's action to improve the health of its people.
Worrying trend on vaccination – new study

10 June 2020

Anti-vaccination attitudes in New Zealand are becoming more entrenched among almost a third of the population and the trend is a worrying one, researchers say.
No place for alcohol industry in classroom

10 June 2020

Opinion: Allowing the alcohol industry to fund education programmes in schools hides their less altruistic practices. Nicki Jackson and Rachael Dixon explain.
Gluckman medal awarded to leading scientist

9 June 2020

Professor Wayne Cutfield, an internationally renowned paediatric endocrinologist, is this year’s recipient of the Gluckman Medal for his outstanding contributions to research.
Global survey on Covid-19 launched in New Zealand

4 June 2020

New Zealand joins global survey to understand personal experience of Covid-19 isolation.
Nō hea koe? The answer could help Māori health

3 June 2020

A study hoping to make a positive difference for Māori health in Aoteoroa will focus on those who might not have whakapapa knowledge and identity.
Telephone or tech? Stay connected with older people

2 June 2020

New research looks at the influence of phone calls, texts, emails and video-calling has on the loneliness and isolation experienced by some older people.
One way our ‘remoteness’ could serve us

1 June 2020

Opinion: NZ has remote communities with good uptake of technology and lockdown has shown we could be leaders in remote healthcare, writes Grant Searchfield.
Jane Harding honoured for groundbreaking neonatal research

1 June 2020

World leading neonatologist Distinguished Professor Jane Harding has been made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday Honours today.
Tool lets people know their personal risk of catching Covid-19

29 May 2020

Researchers have launched an online tool that lets a person assess their individual risk of catching Covid-19.

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