University of Auckland

Diabetes

Needle-free glucose monitoring a step closer for diabetics

A needle-free technology that would allow people with diabetes to measure blood sugar levels without having to stick a needle into their fingertips, has been bought closer to reality by researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering ...

Cardiology

Genetic testing key to understanding sudden cardiac arrest

A Waikato Hospital cardiologist has taken the lead in publishing an international and world-first best practice blueprint for investigating Sudden Unexplained Death (SUD) and Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). It has been published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Re-design mental health resources post-pandemic

'Go early, go hard, go local,' is the message of a group of mental health experts calling on the Government to urgently redesign how it provides services to protect mental wellbeing following COVID-19.

Cardiology

Bioeningeers create new virtual 3-D heart for clinical use

A team at the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute have created a virtual 3-D heart that could have a major impact on treatment of the most common heart rhythm disturbance, atrial fibrillation (AF).

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Growing drug resistance will lead to long-term harm

Drugs that fight many common infectious diseases are becoming less effective because of increased antibiotic resistance, a direct consequence of persistent high levels of community antibiotic use in New Zealand.

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