Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
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Compassion: It’s not all about the doctor
9 May 2019
Opinion: Compassion is expected in the medical profession but there are many factors at play, not the least of which can be the patient.
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An app, to quickly diagnose brain injury, including mild brain injury
8 May 2019
Dr Vickie Shim, of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, aims to develop an App to quickly diagnose if a knock to the head could have long-term health consequences.
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University awards celebrate excellence at all stages of research
8 May 2019
The high quality of work and contribution of 19 researchers and teams across the faculties and institutes at the University of Auckland has been acknowledged in the 2019 Research Excellence Awards.
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A family operation
8 May 2019
In his 36 years with the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Stuart Glasson has seen thousands of students graduate. But this autumn, one beaming young face stood out in the cap and gowned crowd: his own daughter.
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Asthma rivals malaria’s death toll
7 May 2019
Malaria is recognised as a killer – particularly in low-income countries, but less known is that worldwide asthma has a similar death rate and affects nearly one of every 20 people.
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Health crisis - What will it take to break through?
6 May 2019
Opinion: A new book exposes how vested interests and political inertia have repeatedly cheated us of positive changes for prevention that could save and improve thousands of lives every year.
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Sugar in drinks more dangerous – study
5 May 2019
Sugar in drinks is more dangerous than sugar in foods, according to a major new review of international evidence.
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The canary in the coal mine for inequality
1 May 2019
Opinion: Rising rheumatic fever rates among Māori and Pasifika children show scare tactics don’t work in bringing health equality to all NZers, writes Dr Julie Spray.
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We lack the 'policy space' to properly debate the big issues
26 April 2019
Opinion: For anybody with a belief in the public interest benefits of evidence-based policy, the shelving of a comprehensive capital gains tax (CGT) after a short debate is a setback. It suggests we do not have the "policy space" to take on big issues in New Zealand.
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NZ’s potential cannabis policy pitfalls
22 April 2019
Opinion: The future prospects of cannabis control in NZ remain murky and undefined at this point. We need clarification ahead of this important decision.
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Two is better than one when quitting
19 April 2019
Smokers have a better chance of quitting if they use nicotine gum or another short-acting nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) together with a patch, rather than just one or the other.
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Breakthrough for children with serious epileptic seizures
18 April 2019
Emergency medicine doctors around the world now have a better way to treat severe epileptic seizures in children, thanks to a New Zealand-Australian study.