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Christchurch Study leader awarded Research Medal
Wednesday, 20 October 2010, 3:16 pm | University of Otago
The Director of the acclaimed Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS), Professor David Fergusson, is this year’s recipient of the University of Otago’s highest research honour, the Distinguished Research Medal. More >>
Alcohol often cheaper than bottled water
Friday, 15 October 2010, 11:29 am | University of Otago
Alcohol has become increasingly affordable in New Zealand over the last decade and is now cheaper in some instances than bottled water, and close to the cost of milk, according to latest research from the University of Otago, Wellington. More >>
Clash of views on healthy food labelling
Friday, 15 October 2010, 9:08 am | University of Otago
Food manufacturers and the public health sector are at loggerheads over front-of-pack nutrition labelling, according to an editorial in today's issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal. More >>
Otago Appoints Next Head of Health Sciences
Friday, 8 October 2010, 4:16 pm | University of Otago
The University of Otago has selected Professor Peter Crampton as its next Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Health Sciences. He will also be the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. More >>
Risky student drinking, adverse sexual experiences
Friday, 8 October 2010, 11:47 am | University of Otago
New Zealand university students who drink heavily report considerably more unsafe sex, unhappy sexual experiences and unwanted advances than their lightly drinking peers, according to a new survey of students at five universities. More >>
Ending the tobacco epidemic by phasing out sales
Friday, 8 October 2010, 10:12 am | University of Otago
A group of New Zealand researchers says it is time to begin thinking about phasing out cigarette sales, not just reducing the level of smoking. More >>
Archaeologists shed new light on ancestors
Friday, 1 October 2010, 10:43 am | University of Otago
A University of Otago-led archaeological investigation of campsites up to 50,000 years old in a remote highland valley of Papua New Guinea is revealing how highly adaptable the humans at the forefront of global colonisation were. More >>
“Nanny State” worries trump child health in smokef
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 10:02 am | University of Otago
Despite strong public and smoker support for smokefree area changes, research from the University of Otago, Wellington indicates that New Zealand politicians and health officials prefer education to protect children, not regulation. More >>
How to reduce alcohol harm amongst young people
Monday, 27 September 2010, 11:28 am | University of Otago
Research just published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry shows there are six things that parents can do to reduce the risk of alcohol related harm in their children. These include: - not getting intoxicated in front of them; - not ... More >>
University of Otago atom breakthrough represents
Monday, 27 September 2010, 10:08 am | University of Otago
In a major physics breakthrough with international significance, University of Otago scientists have developed a technique to consistently isolate and capture a fast-moving neutral atom – and have also seen and photographed this atom for the first time. More >>
Major support for innovative Otago research
Friday, 24 September 2010, 9:28 am | University of Otago
University of Otago researchers have received major support from the prestigious Marsden Fund for a wide variety of innovative studies that will push the boundaries of current knowledge. More >>
Young drinkers ignoring safe sex messages
Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 9:59 am | University of Otago
New research from the University of Otago, Christchurch, shows young drinkers are ignoring safe sex messages and significantly raising their risks of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs). More >>
Stream in integrated farming as good as organic
Monday, 20 September 2010, 10:37 am | University of Otago
Streams running through sheep and beef farms managed using integrated practices are just as healthy as those on organic farmland, a University of Otago study has revealed. More >>
Sea taxis: animals use bull kelp to travel oceans
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 9:40 am | University of Otago
An evening stroll along one of Dunedin’s most popular beaches has led University of Otago researchers in New Zealand to a fascinating and unique scientific discovery. More >>
New clues to schizophrenia’s biological basis
Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 4:21 pm | University of Otago
A breakdown in communication between brain regions that is suspected to lie behind symptoms of schizophrenia can be triggered by a maternal immune reaction to infection, latest University of Otago research shows. More >>
University of Otago Arts Fellowships announced
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 5:01 pm | University of Otago
The University of Otago, as part of its commitment to fostering the arts in New Zealand, today announced its five arts fellowships for 2011. More >>
Mental health care controversies to be explored
Monday, 13 September 2010, 10:08 am | University of Otago
The possibility that New Zealand doctors often medicalise normal feelings such as sadness and over-prescribe anti-depressants will be put under the spotlight at a symposium at the University of Otago later this month. More >>
Study on cost-effectiveness of preventing disease
Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 12:56 pm | University of Otago
Landmark Aust. study on cost-effectiveness of preventing disease – New Zealand has much to learn New Zealand has much to learn from an Australian programme of research on the cost-effectiveness of 150 interventions to prevent or treat disease, according ... More >>
New role combines cancer research, teaching
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 1:23 pm | University of Otago
Medical oncologist Bridget Robinson has been appointed to the newly established position of Mackenzie Chair in Cancer Medicine in the University of Otago, Christchurch. More >>
Māori gains in cancer, but much to be done
Monday, 23 August 2010, 1:00 pm | University of Otago
A new report on Māori cancer trends by researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington shows progress in some areas, but that there is considerably more to be done to improve Māori health prospects. More >>
