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Pacific women more likely to show depression in pregnancy

7 August 2019

New research highlights the importance of primary healthcare for pregnant Pacific women in New Zealand – around a quarter of whom experience symptoms of depression during pregnancy.
Study reveals unique genetic insight into how NZ children could age

5 August 2019

The country’s largest longitudinal study has found that girls, Pacific children and children born to older mothers have a unique genetic advantage that could potentially help them live longer.
‘Complex, fragmented’ health system is fuelling inequities

4 August 2019

A complex, fragmented health system is compounding inequalities in New Zealanders’ access to care and health outcomes, University of Auckland experts argue in a new, sweeping critique.
Virtual supermarket shows how food taxes could work

1 August 2019

A world-first study using a virtual supermarket has provided further evidence that food taxes and subsidies can improve people’s diets.
It’s the final countdown

31 July 2019

After three years, New Zealand’s largest-ever fundraising campaign is coming to an end.
NZ study throws light on how ketamine works as antidepressant

30 July 2019

A new University of Auckland-led study provides the most direct evidence yet of how ketamine works as a fast-acting antidepressant in humans – by increasing the brain’s ability to form new connections.
Checking in for The Check Up

29 July 2019

Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of TVNZ’s myth-busting health series, The Check Up, with co-presenter and FMHS senior lecturer, Dr Mataroria Lyndon.
Why cyclists are the happiest commuters

25 July 2019

A new University of Auckland study reveals that reliability, sensory stimulation, feelgood factor and social interaction are why cyclists are the happiest commuters.
Reducing health risks on your daily commute

22 July 2019

Opinion: What are you getting out of your daily commute? Kim Dirks considers the implications of how we get from A to B and the effect our options have on well-being.
Midlife career switch: reporter to researcher

22 July 2019

After nearly 25 years as a health journalist, Rajesh Kumar retrained as a public health researcher. He reflects on his experiences, and his masters thesis on barriers to Aotearoa New Zealand becoming smokefree.
Should pokies be funding your local kindy?

18 July 2019

Opinion: The community sector is being propped up by the proceeds of gambling. Professor Peter Adams says we need to find another way to fund our lifeblood organisations that's not profiting off people's misery.
Will climate change create a more unjust world?

17 July 2019

As the Government shapes our climate policy, a University of Auckland researcher and paediatrician shares her hopes and fears with the NZ Herald.

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