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PM previews cancer research

16 October 2019

New Zealand Prime Minister the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern was introduced to some of the innovative cancer research underway at the University of Auckland during a visit in October.
Why the ‘love science’ behind MAFS is completely bogus

16 October 2019

Is it possible to predict attraction and how successful a relationship will be before two people meet? Health Psychology PhD candidate Holly Dixon explains why the entire Married at First Sight franchise is based on bunk science.
Kiwi researchers make TB discovery

15 October 2019

Worldwide approximately one in four people is infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and while overall New Zealand has relatively low rates of TB, Māori and Pacific people are eight times more likely to be affected than Pākehā.
An area where we can’t neglect nutrition

15 October 2019

Opinion: Given the vast impact poor diet is having on global health, the deficit in nutrition education in medicine is a big problem, writes Dr Jennifer Crowley.
Who should we trust about 5G?

11 October 2019

Opinion: As concerns arise about perceived health risks of 5G, Mark Elwood explains how we can decipher the conflicting messages coming out of extensive research.
“We’re not invisible, we’re not senile” - short film

10 October 2019

University research into loneliness and social isolation among older New Zealanders has helped create an animated short film running in the Show Me Shorts film festival.
‘Virtual therapist’ researcher awarded Rutherford

10 October 2019

An engineering researcher developing virtual therapy technology has been awarded a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship.
Graduate juggles law and healthcare hats

4 October 2019

When Shail Singh walked across the stage to be capped with a Bachelor of Law degree at the Spring Graduation ceremony, she was putting on her new legal hat.
Giving us heart

4 October 2019

Research into how much sodium and potassium New Zealand children eat, engineering long-lasting tissue heart valves in the lab, and developing a vaccine for rheumatic fever have all received a boost from Heart Foundation grants.
Cultural identity key to treating Māori with dementia

4 October 2019

The largest-ever study of Māori affected by dementia has found the disease is poorly understood and that whānau do not know how to access information that might help.
Side-sleeping in late pregnancy best for baby’s growth

3 October 2019

Pregnant women have another reason to settle to sleep on their side in the final weeks – new evidence that this position is best for the baby’s growth.
NZ needs to join the rest of the world and ban prescription medicine ads

3 October 2019

New Zealand is one of only two developed countries, along with the US, that permits direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines, and it needs to stop, writes Associate Professor David Menkes.

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