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Quality measures in pancreatic cancer care

2 November 2020

November is pancreatic cancer awareness month and Professor John Windsor says there needs to be standardisation of care and treatment for the disease.
Stalling Parkinson's disease is Auckland scientist's goal

30 October 2020

What if doctors could stall Parkinson's before the shakiness started? That's the ambition of a University of Auckland scientist.
Doctor, now author, Hinemoa Elder shares her Aroha

30 October 2020

Psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder has collated 52 whakataukī (proverbs) in a book called 'Aroha'. She says they reflect Māori wisdom that can help us live harmonious lives. In 2020, they could be just what the doctor ordered.
Funding for device that measures blood supply during surgery

29 October 2020

Research scientist Dr Michel Nieuwoudt from the University of Auckland has been awarded a Health Research Council fellowship to develop a non-invasive device to identify ischaemia tissue during pancreatic surgery.
Reaching wāhine where they are: The push to improve Māori breast cancer care

29 October 2020

Opinion: MBChB student Emma Espiner talks to Dr Maxine Ronald, the only wahine Māori consultant breast cancer surgeon in the world, about inequities in breast cancer outcomes for Māori.
Who should get to be a doctor?

28 October 2020

Professor Papaarangi Reid on why targeted admission schemes to medical schools are a matter of life and death.
NZ research sheds light on unexplained deaths

28 October 2020

Opinion: Martin Stiles talks about the detective work required to uncover genetic cardiac conditions and give answers to families facing a sudden unexplained death.
New Zealand's path to Covid-19 vaccine

27 October 2020

Developing a Covid-19 vaccine is arguably the number one priority of humanity right now – so how are we going? A University of Auckland panel has the answers.
Time to take health inequities seriously

23 October 2020

Opinion: Type 2 diabetes and other health conditions that badly affect Māori and Pasifika must be addressed – for the sake of all, writes Collin Tukuitonga.
Covid-19 and the Swiss cheese system

22 October 2020

Opinion: The effort to defeat the coronavirus relies on many layers of defense. Or, let’s call them, slices of cheese. Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explains New Zealand’s Swiss cheese/Emmental model for managing Covid-19.
How does methadone affect unborn babies?

20 October 2020

New Zealand babies born to mothers prescribed methadone during pregnancy lagged behind their peers, from motor skills and reflexes to the ability to settle, a new study shows.
Cannabis referendum misses the point

14 October 2020

Opinion: David Menkes is alarmed at how the current debate over the cannabis referendum has scarcely mentioned cannabis-induced psychosis. He explains why.

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