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Virtual heart model reduces risk of life-threatening stroke

24 October 2018

A team at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute has created a virtual heart model that could help reduce the risk of life-threatening stroke.
The new Dr Who and a view of dyspraxia

23 October 2018

Opinion: Dyspraxia is entering public conscience via a character in Dr Who. Liz FairGray (Science) adds depth to the TV portrayal of this complex disorder.
Top honour for proving fertility treatment effective

23 October 2018

Professor Cindy Farquhar, postgraduate professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Auckland, has won the Health Research Council’s Liley Medal for her research on fertility.
When every second counts

19 October 2018

The stroke unit at Auckland City Hospital is one of just a few centres in the world – and one of the most active – in implementing a new treatment that is preventing deaths and transforming lives for people who have strokes caused by clots.
Professor's electrifying journey through the gut

17 October 2018

For the last 15 years bioengineer Professor Leo Cheng has been studying and modelling the inner workings of our stomachs.
Origins of female homosexuality

11 October 2018

Hormonal environments in the womb may help explain the evolutionary origins of female homosexuality and determine the spectrum of sexual orientation in women according to a review article published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Antenatal scans save heart disease babies’ lives

4 October 2018

Babies with life-threatening congenital heart disease are more likely to survive if their mothers have had access to high quality ultrasound scans.
New hope for diagnosis and treatment of digestive disorders

4 October 2018

Debilitating and common digestive disorders that can take years to diagnose and are hard to treat are the target of new research from Dr Tim Angeli.
Treatment shown to reduce fractures in older women

2 October 2018

Researchers from the University of Auckland have shown that a treatment known to reduce fractures in women with osteoporosis is equally effective in reducing fractures in women over the age of 65 who have only mild bone loss.
Watch Liggins Institute Gut Bugs study doco on TV

27 September 2018

Would you take capsules of healthy, lean people’s poo if you thought it might radically improve your health?
Return of polio a message about vaccines

27 September 2018

Opinion: Polio-free for 18 years, this incurable virus is back in Papua New Guinea. How has this happened? What does it mean for NZ? Dr Heather Battles (Anthropology) explains.
New admissions test for healthcare students

24 September 2018

A group of leading universities in Australia and New Zealand, including the University of Otago and the University of Auckland, are embarking on an exciting new collaboration with similar universities in the United Kingdom.

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