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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • Treating low blood sugar in newborns prevents brain damage

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    Stabilising blood sugar levels in newborns with hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, appears to prevent brain damage, according to the first study of its kind.

  • Opportunity for transformative research

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    Our Explorer Grants provide seed support for transformative research ideas at an early stage, before an application for greater investment through standard funding mechanisms.

  • Saline treatment safe for critically ill

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    The largest clinical trial ever conducted exclusively in New Zealand intensive care units has not found any safety concerns with using saline as fluid therapy for intensive care patients.

  • Neurons flip fertility master switch - study

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    University of Otago researchers have published the first direct evidence that kisspeptin neurons generate the hormone pulses which are crucial to normal reproductive functioning.
  • Changes to strengthen international science fund

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    Government changes announced today to the International Relationships Fund are designed to better support high-quality international science collaborations.
  • Larger men (but not women) earn more

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    Men classified as obese according to the Body Mass Index (BMI) make more money per week than those with ‘normal’ BMIs.

  • HRC celebrates 25 years of making a difference to NZ health

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    Today we mark our 25th anniversary – and what a 25 years it has been.  New Zealand has every reason to be proud of its health research, and its health researchers.
  • Calcium supplements no help for bones

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    Two HRC-funded studies published in The British Medical Journal this week conclude that increasing calcium intake is unlikely to improve bone health or prevent fractures in older people.