Entries now OPEN for 2021 New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri...
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Entries are now open for the 2021 New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora, New Zealand’s only national, independent primary care awards.
This year has shown...
Non-medical, reusable fabric masks: layers and fabric structures dominate performance
Guidance on factors to consider when choosing or creating a non-medical, reusable fabric mask, from the University of Otago’s leading expert on fibre and textile sciences.
Professor Raechel Laing, Clothing and Textile Sciences, says controlled...
Contact tracing system shows promising results
An initial test of the University of Otago’s contact tracing system for COVID-19 has produced promising results after most contacts identified in the emergency exercise scenario of a visiting international professor to the Dunedin...
Kiwi start-up to target drug cheats in sport with innovative technology
The world of drug-cheating in sports is set for major disruption with the formation of InsituGen, a start-up company that will supply anabolic drug testing kits developed at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
InsituGen...
PHARMAC considering a new way of contracting for medicines
Consultation has gone out today to health professionals and is available on PHARMAC’s website for anyone wanting to have their say about its annual tender process and a proposal to modify its contracting arrangements.
Every...
New report asks if the government should be buying medicines for Kiwis
Should the government buy medicines for people who could afford the drugs themselves?
This is one question asked in a new report by think tank The New Zealand Initiative. Written by Bryce Wilkinson, the report...
Bowel Screening Programme resumes
The National Bowel Screening Programme is back in action after coming to a halt during the COVID-19 lockdown period.
Dr Nick Tindle, Clinical Lead for the MidCentral DHB National Bowel Screening Programme, said having bowel...
Research to help inform Māori decisions ahead of cannabis referendum
Rangatahi Māori are more likely to use cannabis or be dependent on it and more likely to be negatively affected by cannabis laws, compared with their non-Māori peers.
That is the message from a recently...
Rotorua firm futureproofs New Zealand’s hand sanitiser supply chain
Rotorua’s Damar Industries has launched SaniHero, a brand of hand sanitisers and related sanitising products.
The New Zealand-owned business announced today it has the capacity to produce one million litres of hand sanitiser a month...
Lighting the way to fight COVID-19 and other viruses
AgResearch and its partners have secured funding to develop a unique technology
that uses different forms of light to kill the virus causing COVID-19 and other harmful
viruses that can linger in commercial and public places.
Scientists...
DR WELLNESS
Opinion: Dr Tracey Chandler – Health pregnancy optimisation tips (for you,...
Whilst pregnancy is an exciting time for most, it does take some planning to keep both you and baby well. Ideally you would see...
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