Health
Progress in the Pacific on sugary drink taxes
Pacific nations are leading the way regionally with taxes on sugary drinks in a bid to battle obesity and related diseases, new University of Otago-led research reveals.
Jun 08, 2021
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University of Otago
The University of Otago (Māori: 'Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo') in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010. The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it employs.
- Address
- 364 Leith Walk, Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
- Website
- http://www.otago.ac.nz/
- Wikipedia
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Otago
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Health
Lack of timely access to care potentially costing lives in New Zealand
More than 250 people died between 2009 and 2012 from potentially survivable trauma injuries before they reached a hospital because their injury happened in a location without timely access to advanced level hospital care.
May 26, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
No cause for alarm about graduate students' mental health
Talk of a graduate student mental health crisis is abundant in academic and popular media, but a University of Otago study has found no evidence of one in New Zealand.
May 24, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study helps explain how religious beliefs are formed
Feeling anxious can direct our attention and memory toward supernatural beings such as gods, a University of Otago study has found.
May 24, 2021
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Medications
Study tracks antidepressant use during pregnancy
Almost half of New Zealand women who take antidepressants in the months before getting pregnant, stop during their pregnancy, a new University of Otago study shows.
May 19, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Continued decline in number of people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand
The number of people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand declined in 2020 to the lowest annual number since the early 2000s.
May 13, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Abortion opposition related to beliefs about fetal pain perception
A person's stance on abortion is linked to their, often inaccurate, belief about when a fetus can feel pain, a University of Otago study has found.
May 13, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The impact of suicide on health professionals and first responders
More research is urgently needed into the impact that attending suicide events is having on paramedics and other first responders, a researcher at the University of Otago, Wellington, says.
May 04, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Physical punishment happening less in New Zealand, but still common, shows study
There is a clear downward trend in the number of parents using physical violence as a punishment in New Zealand, but its use is still relatively common, a new University of Otago study reveals.
Apr 30, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
War trauma is a shared experience
Many New Zealand families have stories of relatives who returned from war changed, struggling with mental illness because of their service.
Apr 21, 2021
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