Research

University of Otago researchers are testing vitamin C as a treatment for sepsis in Christchurch ICU patients

University of Auckland academics have developed new equations to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease (mainly heart attacks and strokes) in New Zealanders that has just been published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet.

A garden flower could be the missing piece of the prevention puzzle in the fight against diabetes, researchers from the University of Otago have found

An Otago University researcher has been recognised for influencing international treatment guidelines after proving allopurinol is a safe option for managing gout

Brain-training computer games and responsive hearing aids are the future for tinnitus treatment, says Auckland academic

Researchers looking into how an extract from a garden flower could cure diabetes are ready to test the product on humans

A New Zealand Medical Journal paper on cancer in adolescents and young adults says this country lags behind others in survival rates for the 15 to 29 age group   

Routine treatment for people suffering from emphysema in New Zealand isn’t meeting international standards, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Otago