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All the latest news and media releases from the Health Research Council.
  • Supporting Tongan youth suicide prevention

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    Members of the Tongan community yesterday gathered together with health researchers and representatives from health organisations for the launch of the Tongan Framework for Suicide Prevention, or Heilala Malu, at AUT University.
  • Clue to why some get breast cancer young

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    A University of Otago, Christchurch, discovery of missing DNA in women who develop breast cancer at a young age could hold the key to helping them beat the disease.

  • Sleep problems focus of new study on Kiwi kids with autism

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    New research will look at developing effective treatments for sleep problems that affect the growing number of New Zealand children and young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

  • Contract reporting coming to HRC Gateway

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    HRC Gateway will shortly be upgraded with new process improvements. Reporting on HEARD will be phased out over the next few months as we upgrade and

  • $2m for Māori and Pacific youth mental health research as NZ joins global alliance

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    New Zealand has joined an alliance of the world’s biggest public research funding agencies to provide new research opportunities that target chronic diseases, starting with mental health.

  • New breast cancer partnership projects

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    Today the Health Research Council of New Zealand, Breast Cancer Cure, and The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation are pleased to announce the latest recipients of funding through the Breast Cancer Research in New Zealand initiative.
  • Developing a faster way to detect antibiotic resistance

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    New Zealand researchers are about to develop a radical new way of helping doctors detect antibiotic resistance faster that could save patients’ lives and change the way antibiotics are used around the world.
  • Probiotics may reduce diabetes during pregnancy

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    Research led by the University of Otago, Wellington has found that a ‘home-grown’ naturally occurring probiotic reduces the risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes) and lowers fasting blood sugar.