Families have shared heartbreaking and poignant stories with researchers about the deaths of their loved ones in Wellington Hospital during the COVID‑19 Alert Level 3 and 4 lockdowns in 2020 when district health boards ...
Apr 4, 2022
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A ground-breaking University of Otago, Christchurch, study has found female victims of severe sexual abuse in childhood experience twice the risk of entering the menopause transition by age 40, than women with no such reported ...
Mar 28, 2022
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Public health experts find not being able to travel within Aotearoa or overseas the most undesirable feature of lockdowns, a new study from the University of Otago has found.
Mar 23, 2022
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A research collaboration involving the University of Otago could change the lives of people living with seizures.
Mar 22, 2022
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Chronic kidney disease is "alarmingly" more prevalent among Auckland's Pacific population than previously thought, new University of Otago research reveals.
Mar 14, 2022
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University of Otago-led research has identified a new rare genetic mutation which will finally give families around the world answers as to what is affecting their loved one.
Mar 9, 2022
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There are calls for changes to New Zealand's national suicide prevention strategy in light of new research linking harmful drinking to a heightened risk of suicide.
Mar 9, 2022
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The formation of cancer-causing chemicals in the gut could be at the heart of understanding how high levels of nitrate in our drinking water contribute to increasing the risk of bowel (colorectal) cancer, New Zealand researchers ...
Mar 4, 2022
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University of Otago researchers have discovered a new function for the hormone prolactin—it limits a new mom's investment in aggressive behavior and instead focuses them on interacting with their babies.
Feb 21, 2022
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A simple eye test may make diagnosing the earliest stages of 'diseases of old age' possible when people are much younger, University of Otago researchers hope.
Feb 10, 2022
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