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NZ to spearhead global smokefree push
New Zealand health experts are leading a push to make the world largely smokefree by 2040.
Lack of healthy food causes distress, study finds
New Zealanders who do not have enough access to nutritious and affordable food have higher levels of distress.
<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Nuclear power likely casualty in tide of change
Tsunami has swamped one energy trend but the sea is ushering in another.
iDevices set for iOS 4.3 update
An iDevice update is looming; Kiwi developers offer disaster apps, data storage for Christchurch.
Anthony Doesburg: Broking a marriage of business and academia
Events aim to encourage university researchers and companies to start talking to each other.
Cost of home injuries dwarfs road injury costs
Research by the University of Otago found the social cost of injury in the home cost about $13b a year, while estimates by the Ministry of Transport put road injury costs at $3.84b.
School milk key to lower cancer - study
Adults who drank plenty of the free milk supplied at schools when they were young have a reduced risk of bowel cancer, a study has found.
Long relationships the key to health, study finds
Men and women who are in relationships for longer than five years are less likely to be depressed, researchers have found.
The fair cop
The festive season is a time of excess. But as the country’s top traffic officer Paula Rose tells Alan Perrott, there is little cheer in counting its cost.
Students pay high price for freedom
Universal or voluntary membership? That was the question put to tertiary students in 1999 after the National Government passed a law insisting they choose how they should belong to their student association.
Study challenges genetic link to anti-social behaviour
An Otago University study has challenged the idea that depression and anti-social behaviour are primarily influenced by genes.
Look how we've changed - New Zealand 38 years on
Two studies of human development, one launched in the 1970s and the other from earlier this year, reveal how different society is today.
Overcrowding blamed for high rheumatic fever rate
Household crowding is being partially blamed for NZ's high rate of acute rheumatic fever among children and teenagers.
A novel approach
A professor nominates the 200 books that will teach you more than you will learn at University.
Otago scientist awarded Rutherford Medal
An Otago University molecular biologist has been awarded New Zealand's top science and technology honour, the 2010 Rutherford Medal.