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Heavy drinking linked to aggression in relationships
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 12:49 pm | University of Otago
Drinking by one or both partners increases levels of severity, anger and fear reported by victims of intimate partner aggression, according to a new study by University of Otago researchers. More >>
New knowledge on reading revealed
Monday, 4 July 2011, 11:59 am | University of Otago
Research shows phonics not always the best reading tonic Ground-breaking research in learning has found that children are primarily geared towards learning to read through storing words in the brain, and that phonics, used for "sounding out" ... More >>
Politics of Alcohol Uncovered
Monday, 4 July 2011, 10:24 am | University of Otago
The politics of alcohol in New Zealand will be uncovered at a one-day conference at Te Papa in Wellington, this coming Wednesday, 6 July, 8.40am – 5pm. More >>
Health risk from solvent use by lab technicians
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 10:00 am | University of Otago
Tuesday 28 June 2011 Health risk from solvent use by lab technicians Exposure to solvents by medical laboratory workers may be a health risk according to a new study from the University of Otago, Wellington just published in The Journal of Rheumatology. ... More >>
Complementary medicine increasingly used to treat children
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 9:55 am | University of Otago
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as probiotics, herbal treatments and osteopathy, for children has almost doubled in the past decade, according to new research. More >>
Otago researcher takes up role in global fight to save frogs
Wednesday, 15 June 2011, 12:48 pm | University of Otago
A University of Otago scientist has been appointed to a key position in a major international initiative aimed at reversing the alarming decline of frog populations worldwide. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced Department ... More >>
Caesareans not as "posh" as commonly believed
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 10:35 am | University of Otago
A ground-breaking study of women who have given birth in New Zealand, Scotland and England, has found the strongest evidence yet that having caesarean sections does not always protect women from the common and often distressing after-effect of urinary ... More >>
More investigation into climate change and diseases needed
Monday, 13 June 2011, 9:20 am | University of Otago
Much more effort should be made by NZ government agencies and researchers into the possible increase of infectious diseases because of climate change according to latest research from the University of Otago, Wellington. More >>
Intoxicated patients an increasing problem hospitals
Friday, 10 June 2011, 9:55 am | University of Otago
Research by the University of Otago, Wellington shows that growing numbers of intoxicated people presenting at the Emergency Department of Wellington Hospital verbally and physically abuse staff on a regular basis, and have a negative impact on other patients. More >>
Warning about keeping and storing medicines
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 9:40 am | University of Otago
Many people keep their medicines in places that may be too hot and humid, or too cold, to keep them safe to use, new University of Otago research suggests. More >>
Older people not as good at lying or detecting lies
Friday, 27 May 2011, 10:11 am | University of Otago
Older people cannot lie as convincingly as younger people, are worse at detecting when others are lying, and the latter is linked to age-related decline in emotion recognition, new University of Otago research suggests. More >>
Better to eat kiwifruit than to take vitamin C supplements
Friday, 27 May 2011, 9:23 am | University of Otago
University of Otago, Christchurch, researchers have found that a natural fruit source of vitamin C – kiwifruit – is vastly superior to a purified supplement form. More >>
Otago researchers reveal PAX gene’s role in cancer
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 10:23 am | University of Otago
University of Otago researchers have uncovered further evidence that PAX genes members of a small family of genes that play important roles in embryonic development – also allow cancer cells to grow and divide in adult tissue. More >>
University of Otago, Christchurch, Mid-Winter Dialogues
Monday, 23 May 2011, 11:06 am | University of Otago
Tony Ryall to do first University of Otago, Christchurch, Mid-Winter Dialogue 2011. More >>
Acute heart drugs should be reconsidered for Maori
Monday, 23 May 2011, 9:38 am | University of Otago
Monday 23 May 2011 Acute heart drugs should be reconsidered for Maori and Pacific Islanders More >>
Campylobacteriosis cases halved
Monday, 16 May 2011, 10:19 am | University of Otago
Campylobacteriosis cases halved following controls on chicken meat New Zealand’s success in reducing its food borne campylobacteriosis epidemic is receiving international attention. In a paper just published in the journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, ... More >>
“Free heat” insufficient to heat typical wooden house
Friday, 13 May 2011, 9:23 am | University of Otago
New University of Otago research suggests that the amount of heat generated in the roof cavity of a typical pre-1940s wooden house is insufficient to heat homes when people would most need the warmth; in winter, on cloudy days and at night. More >>
Otago’s oceanography research excels
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 10:34 am | University of Otago
A new analysis of scientific articles published in international journals since 2000 has judged the University of Otago as being amongst the best research institutions in the world for oceanography. More >>
University Appoints Next Research Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 4:21 pm | University of Otago
The University of Otago has selected the head of one of New Zealand’s most renowned research institutes to take up the senior leadership role for research at the University. More >>
Scientists critical of Alcohol Reform Bill
Monday, 2 May 2011, 10:58 am | University of Otago
A paper published in the international scientific journal Drug & Alcohol Review examining the alcohol bill presently before Parliament argues that it falls well short of the major reform promised by government. More >>
