News
On this page, you can read the latest announcements from the Auckland Academic Health Alliance (AAHA), Auckland District Health Board and/ or the University of Auckland – Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences.
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University expands its rural doctor training to Taranaki
25 January 2018The University of Auckland and Taranaki DHB, along with local leaders and health professionals welcomed 18 year five medical students to Hawera Hospital on Monday, to launch the University’s regional-rural medical programme in Taranaki. -
Ground breaking study shows gestational diabetes link to heart disease
25 January 2018A Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences academic is behind a large study that has shown that women who get gestational diabetes are at a higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes, hypertension and ischaemic heart disease. -
‘Great opportunity’ for supermarkets to encourage healthy food choices
25 January 2018New Zealand supermarkets vary greatly in the healthiness of their food environments and have a great opportunity to create food environments to promote healthier choices, according to new research. -
When is our Internet use a problem instead of a pleasure?
25 January 2018We are all dependent on the internet in our daily lives, but do our levels of surfing the net sometimes get too high, to the detriment of our daily lives? University of Auckland PhD candidate Delia Cotoros-Goodall is about to embark on that very question for her doctorate in Health Science. -
Festive season accentuates isolation of dying older people
18 December 2017Older people lack support from their communities towards the end of their lives, with many becoming progressively more socially isolated before their death. Both older people and their families and whānau require support which is tailored to match the diversity of our ageing population. -
Treatment for Huntington’s could be step closer
15 December 2017Scientists believe they have identified one of the very earliest changes in the brain that results in Huntington’s Disease and that the discovery holds a vital clue to developing the first-ever treatment for the disease. -
Trial finds aspirin does not speed leg ulcer healing
29 November 2017Suggestions that aspirin may help treat venous leg ulcers have been rebutted by University of Auckland research, leaving the sufferers with compression therapy, a treatment known since the 17th Century. -
Auckland Academic Health Alliance Collaborative Research Grants
03 November 2017Dr Margaret Wilsher and Professor John Fraser are pleased to announce the 2017 Auckland Academic Health Alliance Collaborative Research Grant round. -
Taking probiotics may reduce postnatal depression
18 October 2017Researchers from the University of Auckland and Otago have found evidence that a probiotic given in pregnancy can help prevent or treat symptoms of postnatal depression and anxiety. -
Infrared cameras study found pregnant women should sleep on their side
13 October 2017New University of Auckland research has found that expectant mothers should sleep on their side towards the end of pregnancy, after the research found that women who sleep on their backs in late pregnancy may cause problems for the baby. -
Researchers find the key to loss of smell with Parkinson’s disease
18 September 2017University of Auckland research has found an anatomical link for the loss of the sense of smell in Parkinson’s disease. -
How nutrition in early life affects adult bone health
31 August 2017We have all heard that a high-fat diet raises your risk for heart disease and metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes in adulthood. Now new research shows it also compromises your bone health. -
Star ratings encourage production of healthier foods, surveys show
24 August 2017The voluntary Health Star Rating is encouraging manufacturers to create healthier foods, surveys of more than 44,000 New Zealand supermarket products over a three-year period have shown. -
Infant immunisation: negative messages more influential than positive
23 August 2017Infant immunisations are more likely to be delayed if women receive information during pregnancy that discourages infant immunisation. -
Rise in e-cigarettes linked to rise in smokers quitting, say researchers
31 July 2017New research studying United States smokers has shown the recent rise in e-cigarette use in that country is getting more smokers quitting, according to Professor Chris Bullen of the University of Auckland. -
Experts call for action to fill gaps on healthy food policies
24 July 2017New Zealand needs major improvements in food policies if it is going to seriously tackle the country’s obesity epidemic, according to findings in the University of Auckland’s second Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) published today. -
Paying for the price of convenience
20 June 2017Meals prepared at home are cheaper than popular takeaway meals, and most remained cheaper even when accounting for the cost of preparation time. -
Going to sleep on your back increases the risk of stillbirth
19 June 2017New University of Auckland research has found that women who go to sleep on their back in the last three months of pregnancy are almost four times more likely to experience a stillbirth. -
Babies exposed to a high-sugar diet
19 June 2017A leading child health and obesity expert is warning babies are being weaned into a high sugar diet from as young as four months old – and the problem is being unheeded by health officials. -
Third medical school will not improve Māori health
19 June 2017Māori doctors are graduating at a rate greater than ever before. This is quite miraculous.
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