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Single-sex schools reduce gender gap in education
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 9:31 am | University of Otago
Recent research from the long-running Christchurch Heath and Development Study at the University of Otago, Christchurch shows that single-sex schooling may help to reduce the gender gap in educational achievement, producing a situation in which ... More >>
New Professor of Public Health in Wellington
Friday, 14 August 2009, 12:13 pm | University of Otago
One of New Zealand?s leading tobacco control researchers has been appointed to the Chair in Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington. More >>
Primary Care successful in helping mental health
Monday, 10 August 2009, 5:03 pm | University of Otago
GPs and other primary health care professionals can provide effective care to people suffering from a wide range of mental health problems, a new report has concluded. The report, released from the Minister of Health’s office, was produced by a team ... More >>
Hospital medical specialists and work-burnout
Friday, 7 August 2009, 10:59 am | University of Otago
Most medical consultants working in public hospitals report robust emotional well-being and healthy work engagement according to research into work-related burnout from the University of Otago, Christchurch. More >>
Litter study identifies missed tobacco tax revenue
Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 10:08 am | University of Otago
A study of street-collected cigarette packs indicates the Government is missing out on at least $36 million dollars of tax because of the consumption of foreign duty free cigarettes and those purchased in other countries. More >>
Products in synthetic bedding may affect asthma
Monday, 3 August 2009, 10:52 am | University of Otago
Synthetic bedding contains higher levels of fungal cell products than feather bedding, which may have a negative effect on asthmatics with respiratory problems according to a recent study by researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington. More >>
Smaller twin girls, greater risk of adult obesity
Monday, 27 July 2009, 2:11 pm | University of Otago
Female twins who were small at birth have a greater risk of adult obesity, a University of Otago-led international study of 3170 female twins aged 18 to 80 in the United Kingdom suggests. The study, to be published in the August issue of the American ... More >>
New brain scanning technique for Alzheimer's
Monday, 27 July 2009, 10:30 am | University of Otago
One of the most powerful MRI scanners in the country is being used by researchers from the University of Otago, Christchurch to advance our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease by measuring how the brain works in relation to eye movements. Alzheimer's ... More >>
Infectiousness of swine flu estimated for NZ
Friday, 24 July 2009, 11:13 am | University of Otago
University of Otago, Wellington researchers say that the pandemic influenza virus appears more infectious than previously thought. The first estimate for New Zealand suggests that a person who is ill with this new strain will on average infect almost ... More >>
New book offers solutions to obesity crisis
Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 12:49 pm | University of Otago
“Prevention is the best way to address the obesity crisis and reduce demands on the health system,” says Dr Louise Signal from the University of Otago Wellington’s Department of Public Health. More >>
Food quality specialist for Otago professorship
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 2:51 pm | University of Otago
An international specialist on the effects of processing on food quality is the University of Otago’s new Professor of Food Science. Dr Indrawati Oey, currently a leading food technology researcher at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, was ... More >>
Family history predicts severity of mental disease
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 9:37 am | University of Otago
New findings by an international group including University of Otago researchers make a strong case for changing current practice. They report that a short questionand- answer session about a person’s relatives and their symptoms of depression, anxiety, ... More >>
Cost key to accessing primary health care in NZ
Friday, 3 July 2009, 9:17 am | University of Otago
Cost has been a major factor in causing thousands of New Zealanders to defer primary health care treatment according to a new study by the University of Otago Wellington. The study by Dr Santosh Jatrana and Professor Peter Crampton shows that in 2004/5 ... More >>
UK research may bring ‘radical overhaul’
Monday, 29 June 2009, 2:39 pm | University of Otago
Otago-UK research may bring ‘radical overhaul’ to family court system - Mental health support required to help children most at-risk during hostile family conflicts- More >>
Heavyweights Of Global Food Crisis Debate
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 4:30 pm | University of Otago
Several of world’s leading voices in the global food crisis debate gather in Dunedin this weekend for the University of Otago’s 44th Foreign Policy School. More >>
New findings on brain cells controlling fertility
Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 5:12 pm | University of Otago
Latest University of Otago findings on the brain circuitry controlling fertility in humans may open the way for the development of new treatments in the area. A newly-published paper by Centre for Neuroendocrinology investigators Professor Allan Herbison and ... More >>
Expensive milk, Implications for health inequality
Friday, 19 June 2009, 10:27 am | University of Otago
Researchers at the University of Otago Wellington say that the high price of milk and other dairy products over recent years is detrimental to the health of children and has contributed to greater health inequalities in New Zealand. In a wide ranging ... More >>
Ethnic disparities in hospital care in New Zealand
Friday, 19 June 2009, 9:58 am | University of Otago
Research by the University of Otago, Christchurch indicates there may be disparities in the quality of public hospital care for Maori inpatients in some clinical areas. Dr Juliet Rumball-Smith from the Department of Public Health and General Practice ... More >>
University appoints new Research Director
Friday, 12 June 2009, 12:33 pm | University of Otago
Friday 12 June 2009 University appoints new Research Director A scientist who has forged important international linkages for New Zealand’s science system has been appointed as the University of Otago’s new Director (Research). Deputy ... More >>
Time To Revisit Fairness In NZ Health System
Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 10:01 am | University of Otago
High rates of private surgery have not led to a corresponding increase in access to public surgery – despite a more than decade-long effort to improve fairness in the New Zealand public health system, University of Otago research shows. The ... More >>
