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Switching to vaping not always straightforward
Thursday, 8 February 2018, 9:13 am | University of Otago
Smokers attempting to quit the habit by vaping or using e-cigarettes do not always find the process plain sailing, according to new University of Otago research published in the international journal, Tobacco Control . The study, which involved in-depth ... More >>
Community Exercise and education for management of diabetes
Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 3:45 pm | University of Otago
Community Exercise and education for long-term management of diabetes and multi-morbidity - University of Otago, School of Physiotherapy Research team: More >>
New research on women involved in theUnfortunate Experiment
Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 12:36 pm | University of Otago
A final report on the unethical clinical study conducted by Dr Herbert Green at National Women’s Hospital in Auckland from the 1960s to the 1980s, known widely as the “Unfortunate Experiment”, has just been published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal ... More >>
Incentives for desk-dwellers to get up and move
Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 11:01 am | University of Otago
Taking regular activity breaks while sitting for long periods does not increase your appetite, University of Otago academics have discovered. More >>
Human trial for game-changing diabetes treatment begins
Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 9:50 am | University of Otago
University of Otago researchers are ready to take a significant step in the development of a new natural product that could potentially prevent diabetes. More >>
Public lectures: Considering big health issues
Friday, 2 February 2018, 2:52 pm | University of Otago
Public health experts and public lectures: Considering big health issues Leading international and New Zealand health experts will be in Wellington to participate in the 22nd Public Health Summer School run by the University of Otago, Wellington ... More >>
Surgeons look to do the right thing by their patients
Friday, 2 February 2018, 8:19 am | University of Otago
New Zealand surgeons are often prepared to treat an abnormality discovered during an elective surgical procedure in the absence of patient consent, especially if the patient’s health is threatened and the risk of the additional procedure is low. More >>
Few drinking fountains in New Zealand playgrounds
Friday, 2 February 2018, 8:17 am | University of Otago
New research has found that only a fifth (20 per cent) of childrens’ playgrounds in the lower North Island of New Zealand had drinking fountains (11 out of 54 playgrounds). More >>
Study links childhood fitness to healthy lungs in adulthood
Thursday, 1 February 2018, 7:43 pm | University of Otago
Otago study links childhood fitness to healthy lungs in adulthood Fit children whose fitness improves during childhood and adolescence have better lung function as young adults, according to a University of Otago-led study. Good lung function in early ... More >>
New ways of teaching swimming survival skills
Monday, 29 January 2018, 1:55 pm | University of Otago
A leading University of Otago water safety expert Associate Professor Chris Button is eager to see if children who took part in a novel new water safety programme will retain crucial survival skills they’ve learned over the holiday break. More >>
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Southern NZ women
Monday, 22 January 2018, 10:58 am | University of Otago
New Zealand women and their babies are at greater risk of vitamin D deficiency and current health guidelines fall short of curbing this detrimental trend, new University of Otago research shows. More >>
Talking about diabetes – improving health
Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 2:27 pm | University of Otago
Primary care physicians can improve their communication to newly-diagnosed diabetes patients by offering more information specific to the patient’s experience, new research from Otago, Auckland and Victoria universities shows. More >>
Predator Free 2050 has major benefits for human health
Monday, 15 January 2018, 10:26 am | University of Otago
The Predator Free 2050 campaign to rid New Zealand of rats and possums will have major benefits for human health as well as for native plants and animals, says public health researcher Dr Mary McIntyre from the University of Otago, Wellington. More >>
Shade shortage in Wellington playgrounds
Tuesday, 9 January 2018, 2:03 pm | University of Otago
Shade shortage in Wellington playgrounds: Otago research highlights the need to ‘slip, slop, slap and wrap’ this summer More >>
Frontispieces Exhibition - Special Collections, Otago
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 3:14 pm | University of Otago
What is a frontispiece? When did they first appear in print? Where do they sit in relation to the rest of a book’s contents? These are just some of the questions that the exhibition, ‘ Moving to the Left: The Art and Development of the Frontispiece’ ... More >>
Sex advice and Siri? To Google or not to Google?
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 2:38 pm | University of Otago
In an article published today in the Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal, New Zealand researchers found that Google laptop searches performed better at finding online sexual health advice than the digital assistants on smartphones. Of these ... More >>
More than 15,000 frail elderly New Zealanders are lonely
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 7:12 pm | University of Otago
More than 15,000 frail elderly identified as being lonely according to a world-first study of 72,000 older New Zealanders. That equates to one in five older people. More >>
New research shows retail crime increasing and more violent
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 1:08 pm | University of Otago
A new study by Retail NZ and the University of Otago shows retail crime costs about $1.1 billion a year, and retailers are facing increasingly organised and violent criminals More >>
No hat, no play? Not always: Otago research
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 12:39 pm | University of Otago
Many children may not be sun-safe during school lunch breaks, research from the University of Otago, Wellington, reveals. More >>
Major set net risk to rare, treasured NZ penguin
Friday, 1 December 2017, 1:46 pm | University of Otago
A new review whose authors include University of Otago scientists highlights the serious risk fishing nets pose to the survival of New Zealand’s iconic hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin, and calls for urgent Government action to improve the species’ chances ... More >>
