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04 Sep 2023

Medic volunteers her way to an ‘outstanding’ nomination


From running a successful beach clean-up at St Kilda to mentoring young women in...

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18 Aug 2023

PhD grad on new evidence for eye drops used in preterm infants


Lisa Kremer’s (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, and Waitaha) walk across the graduation sta...

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14 Aug 2023

Medical students add another string to their bow


Something special can happen when medicine and music come together.

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04 Aug 2023

Multiple symptoms in veterans could indicate PTSD – study


A pattern of symptoms in veterans has emerged in a University of Otago study tha...

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04 Aug 2023

Tauira flourish in by-Pacific, for-Pacific research initiative


Three Pacific tauira traded rest for research as they embarked on their biomedic...

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02 Aug 2023

Continuity of care needed from the ‘front of the pathway’ to the back


After undergoing cancer treatment, many survivors deal with a range of psycho-so...

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26 Jul 2023

Immunity gap likely reason for cluster of NZ whooping cough deaths, experts say


The death of three babies in Aotearoa from whooping cough this year were likely...

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21 Jul 2023

Updated informed consent statement to be introduced by Aotearoa’s two medical schools


A new informed consent statement for medical students in clinical placements wil...

12 Jul 2023

Pre-operative exercise substantially helps with recovery – study


Study finds that pre-operative exercise substantially helps with recovery with a...

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12 Jul 2023

Rural residents die at higher rates than those in urban centres – study


People living in rural areas of Aotearoa die at higher rates than those living i...

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07 Jul 2023

Study shows extent of health inequities


The first study to use Māori-specific data from a nationwide health-related qual...

07 Jul 2023

Kids spending one-third of after-school time on screens, study finds


Regulations are urgently needed to protect children from harm in the unregulated...

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