Breadcrumbs List.
Health and medicine
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‘Brainiest’ students compete for Brain Bee glory
27 June 2024
Almost 200 senior school students were abuzz with excitement when they visited the Centre for Brain Research and competed in the Brain Bee challenge.
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Whooping cough is settling in for the winter
25 June 2024
Opinion: The combination of frequent, painful coughing episodes and struggling to breathe can turn critical quickly – luckily there is a vaccine, though uptake rates are very low.
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Value of disclosing donor conception explored
18 June 2024
Survey explores whether parents have told children who were conceived thanks to sperm, egg and embryo donations.
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How to solve the mystery of pelvic floor muscles
17 June 2024
One in three women will experience urinary incontinence. Yet the knowledge is there to dramatically change lives
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New metric for blood circulation in brain to better understand dementia
14 June 2024
Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute and the Mātai Institute and have developed a new metric from measured blood circulation in our brain.
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Pacific research focuses on striking the right balance
13 June 2024
More than 1100 participated in a survey posed by Pacific researcher Asetoa Sam Pilisi asking, "Is it selfish to look after yourself?"
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga to chair WHO Advisory group
11 June 2024
Māori and Pacific people will have a stronger voice with Sir Collin Tukuitonga's new appointment as WHO Strategic and Advisory group Chairperson.
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Same barriers exist for Māori and Pacific heart health care
10 June 2024
Major study finds same barriers exist for Māori and Pacific receiving heart health care, stifling better outcomes.
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Ageism isn't always a bad thing
8 June 2024
Opinion: Unlike other ‘isms’, ageism can have detrimental, favourable, or neutral outcomes. Stephen Buetow explains the nuances.
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Strong Māori workforce needed in cancer treatment
6 June 2024
Dr Kimiora Henare is addressing workforce challenges in the delivery of precision oncology for Māori.
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Breakthrough offers hope for aggressive leukaemia
5 June 2024
Researchers at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland are working on an innovative way to treat an aggressive blood cancer, called acute myeloid leukaemia.
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Scientists zero in on gene linked to motor neuron disease
30 May 2024
A tiny piece of the motor neuron disease puzzle comes into focus thanks to University researchers.