Health
Youth more likely to discourage than promote smoking among peers
Young people more often discourage smoking among their peers than encourage it, new University of Otago research suggests.
Jul 28, 2017
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Health
Injured Maori face higher rates of long-term disability
Māori experience considerable longer-term disability after injury, new University of Otago analysis of patient-reported and Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) data shows.
Apr 4, 2017
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Health
Downward trend in disaster events causing mass deaths in NZ (1900 to 2015)
Fewer New Zealanders are now dying in large-scale disaster events but that is not the case across the Tasman, a University of Otago, Wellington study has found.
Mar 2, 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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sports gambling creeps into kids' consciousness
A national study involving Curtin and Deakin universities has found that three-quarters of Australian children view sports betting as normal, and even positive.
Dec 8, 2016
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Health
Home handy but not so stable—steep rise in ladder-related falls
Researchers at QUT have warned about the rising popularity of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture after a steep rise in the number of people falling from ladders.
Oct 24, 2016
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Health
Research helps treatment of heart attacks and angina in Aboriginal people
Research carried out by The University of Western Australia into the management of Aboriginal heart patients has found that while treatment is improving, more work is needed to ensure that rural patients are getting treatments ...
Aug 17, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Get tested, get treated, Hep C researchers urge
Up to 70 per cent of Victorians with suspected hepatitis C may not have received follow-up testing, putting them at risk of chronic liver disease and even cancer, University of Melbourne researchers say.
Aug 15, 2016
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Pediatrics
Household insecticides pose exposure risk for small children
Calls to a poisons hotline have revealed a disproportionate number of young children referred to hospital following suspected exposure to a household bug and spider spray.
Aug 15, 2016
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Health
Students need better access to sexual health resources
A national youth health study indicates that youth are delaying sexual activity until they are older; however those who are sexually active are less prepared and less likely to access sexual health services.
Jul 5, 2016
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