Dr Nikki Turner, Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre at the University of Auckland, explores the ethical issues of placebo use in vaccine trials.
A new HRC-funded study by Otago researchers has found that selenium levels that are both too high in the body, and worse, too low, can place young people at greater risk of depression.
The inaugural International Pacific Health Conference came to a close yesterday, with many lauding the opportunity it provided to address some of the health challenges facing Pacific peoples globally.
Pacific health researchers and practitioners from New Zealand and around the world will gather in Auckland next week to discuss effective ways to tackle the health challenges facing Pacific peoples.
Massey University lecturer and nursing graduate Dr Sione Vaka has completed his PhD research, which shows that Tongan people’s understanding of mental illness is very different from that of New Zea
Infants whose mothers take vitamin D supplements during pregnancy and infancy are less likely to get respiratory infections, according to research from the University of Auckland.