The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Prof Sir Peter Gluckman, spoke this morning on the Paul Henry Show discussing the […]
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Food taxes and subsidies change diets, save lives – study
Health-related food taxes and subsidies could improve diets and reduce deaths from diet related disease in New Zealand, according to […]
Continue readingHow old are you really? Expert reaction
There is more to human ageing than just the passing of time. A new study, published in PNAS, uses a […]
Continue readingScience, celebrity and social media collide in vaccination debate
Stuff.co.nz’s Katie Kenny reports on an online furore over vaccination kicked off by actor Jim Carrey, but further fuelled by […]
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Climate change threatens to unravel the last 50 years of health gains, but also presents an opportunity to boost global […]
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On the university of Otago Bioethics Centre blog, centre Director Prof John McMillan writes about the leaked details of the […]
Continue readingVaccines, superbugs spread in the media
Superbugs and vaccines are high on the agenda this week at the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) conference, an […]
Continue readingA tobacco-free world by 2040? – Expert reaction
A group of health experts led by New Zealanders have laid down the global challenge of the world being tobacco-free […]
Continue readingSugar & dental health – TVNZ Sunday
Nelson Dentist Rob Beaglehole’s campaign against sugar-sweetened beverages is the focus of a segment on TVNZ’s Sunday current affairs show. […]
Continue readingBetter air quality monitoring needed – PCE
New Zealand air quality is good but could be better, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, calling on the […]
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