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University awards prove FMHS students are good sports

29 October 2019

The Interfaculty and Tertiary Sports Awards ceremony was a special night for the FMHS Sea Bass, who placed second overall in this year’s interfaculty sports tournament.
New Zealanders need better access to magnetic depression therapy

25 October 2019

A proven treatment for clinical depression that involves targeting areas of the brain with magnetic energy is under-used in Aotearoa New Zealand, University of Auckland researchers say.
Power-house Hussain: Medical student wins Sports Blue Award

22 October 2019

Not only is Shehnaz Hussain powering through her MBChB, she has also broken three New Zealand powerlifting records and been awarded a University of Auckland Blues Award for achieving sporting excellence.
Injury cost more than 10 times higher than scooter licensing fee

22 October 2019

Injuries from electric scooters in the Auckland region cost the health system upwards of $1 million in less than a year, a study from the University of Auckland shows.
Heading home to talk Huntington's Disease

18 October 2019

Sir Richard Faull, Director of the Centre for Brain Research, headed back to Taranaki to talk about Huntington's Disease.
Government shouldn't sit on $7.5b surplus while families need help

18 October 2019

OPINION: The Government's surpise surplus offers a clear opportunity to make real improvements in the health and lives of all of our children, writes Professor Innes Asher.
Study leads to global rethink of how to prevent fractures in older people

17 October 2019

A team of New Zealand researchers have been recognised for their groundbreaking paper that could help reduce the number of older women presenting with fractures by up to half.
Ngāpuhi doctor honoured for advancing Māori health

17 October 2019

Dr Matire Harwood has been recognised for excelling in a clinical research career that has improved Māori health in key areas such as asthma, stroke, heart disease and diabetes.
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.
Immersed in the Centre for Brain Research

15 October 2019

This year's Brain Bee winners had the opportunity to experience the Centre for Brain Research for a day.
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.

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