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Mental health support for Pacific climate change migrants

18 September 2019

New Zealand could become a relocation destination for many Pacific peoples displaced by rising sea levels and other climate-change related disasters.
Funding shows breadth of research at University of Auckland

17 September 2019

Funding of almost $27 million has been awarded to the University of Auckland for a wide range of research projects affecting the physical and environmental health of New Zealanders.
Daily aspirin – yes or no?

17 September 2019

A world-first personalised, 'benefit-harm' calculator developed in Aotearoa New Zealand will help people decide, with their doctors, if they should take a daily aspirin as a preventative against heart disease and stroke.
Vegetarians and vegans: lower heart disease risk but higher stroke risk?

13 September 2019

Vegetarian (including vegan) and pescatarian diets may be linked to a lower risk of coronary heart disease than diets that include meat, a large new study suggests.
Steroids help preterm babies and mums

13 September 2019

Two common forms of a life-saving steroid treatment for preterm babies have been shown to be equally effective and safe in a large New Zealand-Australian clinical trial – though the cheaper one may have a slight advantage.
Calls to regulate fast food in ‘Heart Attack Alley’

10 September 2019

Opinion: The fast food density of a West Auckland road is a barrier to young people making healthy eating choices. Sarah Gerritsen and Michele Eickstaedt explain.
It’s not the economy, stupid, it’s the suicide rate

10 September 2019

Opinion: Professor Robert MacCulloch discusses New Zealand’s happiness paradox.
Vaping helps smokers quit

10 September 2019

New evidence from a large New Zealand vaping study suggests that hundreds of thousands more smokers worldwide could successfully quit the killer habit if they used nicotine-containing e-cigarettes (vapes) together with nicotine patches.
Protecting the bones and muscles of children with cerebral palsy

9 September 2019

Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) talk about their potentially life-changing research into cerebral palsy.
Cannabis legalisation and young people

6 September 2019

Opinion: Under-age children in your life? Chances are you will hold crucial decision-power in New Zealand’s upcoming referendum on cannabis legalisation, writes Benedikt Fischer.
Conflicts of interest a threat to health

6 September 2019

Opinion: Trust in the medical profession must be safeguarded from commercial interest. That's why public policy influencers must declare conflicts of interest, writes David Menkes.
Why are vaccinated people getting measles?

5 September 2019

Opinion: Dr Helen Petousis-Harris explains why some of the measles cases in the current outbreak occur in people who are fully vaccinated.

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