University of Canterbury

Psychology & Psychiatry

Stressed teenagers reluctant to seek formal help, research finds

Young New Zealanders who are experiencing stress are more likely to seek help from friends and families than from counselors or other specialists, according to a new study published in Stress and Health, raising questions ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Can contact tracing apps save us from COVID-19?

Associate Professor in Health and Medical Geography at the University of Canterbury, Dr. Malcolm Campbell says that relying on smartphone-based approaches involves some big assumptions and we need to carefully consider what ...

Addiction

Refining NMR technique to work toward new drug testing tool

University of Canterbury Chemical and Process Engineering Professor Daniel Holland and his team are refining a technique called nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and plan to use it to measure the content and concentration ...

Health

Minimal risk for Māori consuming eel, toxicology study finds

A University of Canterbury toxicology study recently published in the New Zealand Medical Journal has concluded that "PFOS residues in eels are likely to be of no concern from a carcinogenicity perspective," which will likely ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New Zealand on alert as COVID-19 returns

Auckland, and possibly other parts of New Zealand, almost certainly have more cases of COVID-19 in the community than the four new cases confirmed yesterday.

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