Archive: 30/06/2015
Targeting Pacific Islander women for type 2 diabetes management study
Pacific Islanders in Australia are paying a heavy price for swapping their traditional diet for highly processed foods, with increasing obesity levels leading to skyrocketing rates of Type 2 diabetes among the local population.
Jun 30, 2015
Long-acting reversible contraceptives for adolescents advocated
Senior lecturers in bioethics, and obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Otago have called for a free, universal LARC (long-acting reversible contraceptive) programme to be made available to teens before they become ...
Jun 30, 2015
New Zealand children still suffer rickets from lack of Vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency continues to cause rickets in young New Zealanders, new University of Otago research has found. The researchers say that their finding suggests that at-risk mothers and children should be better targeted ...
Jun 30, 2015