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Awards presented at the Centre for Brain Research 9th Anniversary celebration

17 May 2018

Around 200 guests gathered at St-Matthews-in-the-City on Friday 11 May for the Centre for Brain Research 9th Anniversary celebration, where awards were presented by The Rt. Hon. Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM QSO Governor-General.
A good example of curbing booze-related harm

16 May 2018

Opinion: Isn’t it about time we looked seriously at implementing effective measures to reduce alcohol-related harm? The University of Auckland's Peter Adams looks to Scotland as an example.
Racism and rough handling of patients uncovered in report

8 May 2018

A report behind studying increases in rheumatic fever in Māori and Pacific people has uncovered claims of racism and 'rough handling' of patients suffering from the disease.
Cardiovascular disease risk prediction equations published in The Lancet

7 May 2018

University of Auckland academics have developed new equations to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease (mainly heart attacks and strokes) in New Zealanders that has just been published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet.
Deaths preventable if reach of asthma medicines increased

1 May 2018

Around the world an estimated 1,000 people a day die of asthma related conditions, with some 340 million affected by this common chronic disease.
Funding boost for research into one of our biggest health burdens

27 April 2018

A spotlight is about to be shone on one of our biggest health burdens thanks to a funding boost.
Adding life to years in the North

11 April 2018

Opinion: Ageing Well is an aspiration shared by all cultures and backgrounds and most definitely the Māori population which is expected to more than double by 2038, and grow at an even greater rate in Te Taitokerau (Northland), writes Dr Marama Muru-Lanning in this article in two parts.
Heart screening could protect hundreds from stroke

10 April 2018

Testing Māori and Pacific people for an irregular heartbeat earlier could spare hundreds of people from stroke each year, a University of Auckland study has found.
Income inequality impacts obesity in children

10 April 2018

National income and income inequality impacts on the body size of children and adolescents according to new research from the University of Auckland.
Stemming the tide of loneliness

9 April 2018

Opinion: There are more productive things we can do to combat loneliness in the elderly than appoint a minister for the job - further stigmatising the issue. Professor Merryn Gott writes.
Medical student wins top research prize in field of doctors

28 March 2018

Navneet Singh, who is studying medicine at the University of Auckland and is attached to Waikato Hospital's Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, won the Best Registrar Prize at the New Zealand National Cardiac Surgery Meeting in Rotorua.
Tiny fish leading the way in a cure for gout

28 March 2018

A popular aquarium fish that grows no longer than 4 cm could provide the breakthrough in treating and preventing extremely painful attacks of joint inflammation that are a key concern to patients with gout.

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