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Cold homes harm NZ youth health and schooling
Monday, 13 February 2017, 10:11 am | University of Otago
A new study from the University of Otago, Wellington has found that young people are experiencing increased health problems, stress, and adverse social effects from cold housing. More >>
App helps health professionals learn medical terms in Te Reo
Friday, 10 February 2017, 9:50 am | University of Otago
Learning Te Reo relevant to a health environment is now easy thanks to an innovative App and interactive game developed at the University of Otago, Christchurch. More >>
Researchers awarded funds to tackle diabetes
Thursday, 9 February 2017, 12:19 pm | University of Otago
Diabetes is one of New Zealand’s fastest growing long-term health conditions with enormous costs for individuals, the health care system and society. More >>
More fresh fruit and vegetables for well-being
Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 3:22 pm | University of Otago
Lifting your intake of fruit and vegetables can make a difference to the way you feel in just a couple of weeks, a University of Otago study has found More >>
Public health leaders speaking in Wellington
Tuesday, 7 February 2017, 12:22 pm | University of Otago
The 21st Public Health Summer School starts at the University of Otago, Wellington today. As part of the Public Health Summer School, the university will host four evening talks by leading international public health experts throughout February. More >>
Inbreeding threatens Long Island’s little spotted kiwi
Wednesday, 18 January 2017, 10:45 am | University of Otago
A population of rare little spotted kiwi (LSK) that was thought to be thriving in a Marlborough island sanctuary is actually seriously threatened by the silent effects of inbreeding, new research led by a University of Otago scientist suggests. More >>
Women exercisers face health risk if not eating enough
Tuesday, 10 January 2017, 9:25 am | University of Otago
Many New Zealand women who exercise recreationally could be risking their health by not eating enough to match the energy they expend, new University of Otago research suggests. More >>
Study finds babies are relatively safe in Wahakura
Monday, 9 January 2017, 12:03 pm | University of Otago
Monday 9 January 2017 Study finds babies are relatively safe in Wahakura, woven flax bassinets More >>
Medicinal Cannabis – harms or benefits? Who decides?
Friday, 23 December 2016, 2:33 pm | University of Otago
Wellington researchers are calling for doctors to be more involved in the debate around cannabis as a medicine. In a recent article in the New Zealand Medical Journal , Dr Giles Newton-Howes, from the University of Otago, Wellington, and Dr Sam McBride, ... More >>
Epigenetic changes promoting cancer metastasis identified
Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 12:39 pm | University of Otago
Latest University of Otago research is shedding new light on why and how cancer cells spread from primary tumours to other parts of the body. This phenomenon – known as metastasis – causes about 90 per cent of all cancer deaths. More >>
New MoU between University of Otago and Otago Museum
Thursday, 15 December 2016, 1:06 pm | University of Otago
A redeveloped memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the University of Otago and Otago Museum is set to further invigorate already strong ties between the two institutions, stretching back nearly 150 years. More >>
What has Art got to do with Public Health?
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 3:26 pm | University of Otago
What has art got to do with public health? How can people be “nudged” to better health using behavioural economics? And what emerging infectious diseases should we really worry about? More >>
Childhood disadvantage strongly predicts costly outcomes
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 9:21 am | University of Otago
A small segment of the population accounts for a disproportionate share of costly service use across a society’s health care, criminal justice, and social welfare systems – and paediatric tests of brain health can identify these adults as young ... More >>
Public Lecture: "What do we mean by the word 'health'"?
Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 11:43 am | University of Otago
University of Otago, Wellington, Dean’s Open Lecture Series 2016: Professor Sir David Skegg, Politics and Public Health: “What do we mean by the word ‘health’? To what extent do New Zealanders enjoy good health?“ More >>
New Zealanders need high quality cancer information
Friday, 2 December 2016, 2:25 pm | University of Otago
There is considerable demand for cancer information resources in New Zealand, with a third of women and a quarter of men deliberately searching for these over the past year, according to a new University of Otago study. More >>
Men’s pornography use and its impact on intimacy
Friday, 2 December 2016, 11:24 am | University of Otago
The more frequently men use pornography the less sexually intimate they are with their partners, latest University of Otago, Christchurch, research shows. More >>
NZ banning sunbeds will have little impact on jobs
Friday, 2 December 2016, 9:15 am | University of Otago
Banning sunbed services in New Zealand would help reduce skin cancer rates and only have a minimal impact on businesses and jobs, new University of Otago research suggests. More >>
Role of “cancer bubbles” in deadly clotting uncovered
Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 11:50 am | University of Otago
Chemotherapy stimulates the release of tiny bubbles from the surface of cancer cells that cause potentially fatal blood clots, new University of Otago research has found. More >>
U of Otago receives grant to support severe typhoid research
Monday, 28 November 2016, 12:33 pm | University of Otago
The University of Otago received a three-year NZD $439,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Professor John Crump and collaborators at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre and Duke University to study severe typhoid fever in northern ... More >>
Adult stem cell types’ heart repair potential probed
Friday, 25 November 2016, 10:41 am | University of Otago
New University of Otago research is providing fresh insights into how a patient’s adult stem cells could best be used to regenerate their diseased hearts. The study, led by Department of Physiology researcher Dr Rajesh Katare, is the first to compare ... More >>
