Research

As the motu moves beyond the acute phase of the pandemic, and rapidly altered healthcare delivery approaches, disabled people have largely been forgotten, write a team of researchers from Victoria University, Massey University and Kaitiaki Research

Māori would benefit from funded minor ailment services, researchers have found in a new study

Antibiotic use has dropped by 31 per cent in Canterbury since 2012, but remains higher than in the UK and Europe, study finds 

University of Otago researchers are calling for the $5 prescription copayment to be scrapped after their randomised control trial showed the fee is damaging the health of vulnerable populations. 

University of Otago researchers are calling for the $5 prescription copayment to be scrapped after their randomised control trial showed the fee is damaging the health of vulnerable populations

There’s a plethora of plants and herbs that can help menopausal women – it’s just a case of finding the right ones to suit the patient, writes pharmacist and medical herbalist Phil Rasmussen

Māori and Pasifika were less likely than people of other ethnicities to see a GP or nurse for COVID-19, a new study of the illness has found 

Sixty biologically active compounds have been found in kawakawa, which could mean big business possibilities

Six minutes of high intensity exercise may help maintain a healthy brain and delay the onset of neurogenerative disorders, research led by the University of Otago has shown