The authors of a ground-breaking University of Otago, Christchurch study are calling for immediate changes to Aotearoa New Zealand’s suicide prevention strategy and the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act, due to figures showing more than 26 per cent of all suicide deaths in this country involve acute alcohol use
Researchers have uncovered how post-viral fatigue syndromes, including Long COVID, become life-changing diseases and why patients suffer frequent relapses
New evidence that people who have had COVID-19 have a 40 per cent greater risk of developing diabetes compared with those who have not had COVID-19 was presented among dozens of potential research areas and confirmed collaborations discussed at a “strikingly” successful e-forum between top flight New Zealand and Chinese researchers
Recent findings from world-first studies at the University of Otago into rheumatic fever risk factors have been welcomed by the organisation supporting those impacted by the disease
Skipping meals, neglecting their health, and constant stress – this is the lived reality of sole-parents struggling to feed their family, a University of Otago study has found
Branko Sijnja, a rural specialist GP for more than 40 years, has won this year’s Peter Snow Memorial Award ahead of the National Rural Health Conference
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management