Health
Smartphone app developed to manage drinking
New Zealanders who want to self-manage their "hazardous" drinking may soon have a smartphone app to help them.
Mar 29, 2017
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Cardiology
New tests help better stroke outcomes
Stroke patient rehabilitation can now be improved with a simple process that is helping therapists accurately predict how well their patients will regain the use of their hands and arms after a stroke.
Mar 23, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Global first for rheumatic fever research
The first robust evidence that supports community initiatives to prevent acute rheumatic fever has come from researchers at the University of Auckland.
Mar 8, 2017
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Health
Nutrition labels improve understanding
Nutrition labels have a minor impact on New Zealand consumer healthy food choices, according to the latest study from the University of Auckland.
Feb 2, 2017
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Other
Compensation call for people injured during clinical trials
A legal academic and health law expert is calling for a change in the law to protect all New Zealanders who are injured during clinical trials.
Jan 31, 2017
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Health
Food industry tactics shape public food policies
Lobbying and many other tactics from the junk food industry to defend their products and sway public policies are commonplace and influential, according to University of Auckland global nutrition expert, Professor Boyd Swinburn.
Jan 24, 2017
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Health
Gas heater link to child illness
Gas heaters used for home heating have been found to increase the risk of respiratory illnesses in young children, according to the latest research from the University of Auckland.
Dec 20, 2016
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Health
Health and independence highlighted in ageing population
Health, independence and caregiving in advanced age are investigated in a major report released today that will assist policy and services on the health care impacts of population ageing in New Zealand.
Dec 15, 2016
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Pediatrics
Premature baby girls shorter as adults
Baby girls born very premature could be almost three times more likely to grow into very short adults than female babies born at term, according to a new international study.
Dec 12, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Silent rising HIV epidemic needs action
The world's most dangerous infectious disease epidemic of the modern era is reviving, but are we prepared in New Zealand?
Dec 1, 2016
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