Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
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Entitled little pricks
28 November 2019
Opinion: Newsroom columnist and medical student Emma Espiner hopes a rort at the University of Otago over a final-year overseas elective won't end up punishing all aspiring young doctors.
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Level head needed for medicine and frisbee
27 November 2019
If Eunice Ng is as competent as a doctor as she is at throwing a frisbee, then her patients will be in safe hands.
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'Sugar in Schools' project has many benefits
27 November 2019
Researchers are investigating absorption rates of sugar in high school age Pacific students to help young Pacific people better understand their own biology and avoid obesity and obesity-linked diseases such as diabetes.
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Taking issue: What do we need to think about as we approach the 2020 Cannabis Referendum?
25 November 2019
Opinion: Three University of Auckland academics give us a steer on what to think about ahead of the cannabis referendum.
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NZ scientist behind first FDA-approved myopia therapy for kids
25 November 2019
An optometry researcher from the University of Auckland is behind the first-ever Food and Drug Administration-(FDA) approved treatment to slow the progression of short-sight in children.
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$16.5m brain boost thanks to Hugh Green Foundation
25 November 2019
Anyone who met Hugh Green will remember his big personality.
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University receives largest single donation ever to support brain research
22 November 2019
An unprecedented donation of $16.5 million has been received for brain research at the University of Auckland.
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Seven new Royal Society Fellows from University of Auckland
22 November 2019
Five University academics have been elected as Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows for their distinction in research and advancement of science, technology or the humanities.
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The real kaupapa Māori
21 November 2019
Opinion: Politicians like to throw around 'kaupapa Māori' as a solution to our problems but how can our existing structures accommodate tikanga when they were designed by strangers?
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Five University of Auckland researchers among most highly cited in the world
20 November 2019
Five University scientists have been recognised in the Web of Science Group 2019 list of the most Highly Cited Researchers in the world, released on 19 November.
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The quest against the Big C
19 November 2019
A life-changing diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma not only gave Vanessa Chang a new appreciation of life, but also a desire to help others through her passion for biomedical science and cancer research.
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Calcium supplements have "very little place" in modern medicine
18 November 2019
Evidence suggests that calcium supplements have “very little place” in modern medical practice, according to the University of Auckland authors of a new review.