The persistent use of cannabis before age 18 has been linked to lasting harm to intelligence, according to the latest research from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Study.
Preventing asthma and allergy with a small jab in the arm is not as far-fetched as you might think, say scientists at Wellington’s Malaghan Institute of Medical Research.
Updated estimates about the health impacts and social costs associated with air pollution have recently been presented in reports by a New Zealand research consortium.