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May 27, 20212 min read
Update! Whitu, well-being intervention: Participant feedback
"The best app after what was such a rollercoaster year!" Whitu: 7 ways in 7 days helps young people tackle anxiety and depression.
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May 7, 20213 min read
Predicting Cardiovascular Risks in Cancer Patients
With a deep-seated passion for improving quality of life and outcomes for cancer patients, Professor Mark Elwood and Dr Essa Tawfiq are...
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May 5, 20211 min read
VIDEO: Achieving independence after stroke: Rehabilitation, recovery and robots
Enjoy this video of Dr Marie-Claire Smith’s and A/Prof Andrew McDaid’s recent public lecture hosted by AMRF. At “Achieving independence...
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Mar 2, 20212 min read
'Why do I need reading glasses?'
Vision researcher returns to Auckland, bringing cutting-edge techniques to replicate lenses like we see in aged eyes, causing sight problems
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Feb 23, 20211 min read
Researchers making strides in stroke, vaccine hesitancy
AMRF's newsletters are a great way to see the real life impact your donation has on the medical research topics that matters most to you.
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Dec 10, 20202 min read
Scholarships and Fellowships help start researchers off strongly
AMRF made over 50 awards in 2020 for more than $4 million in charitable funding. Read more about scholarship and fellowship recipients.
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Dec 4, 20202 min read
Awards for emerging health sciences researchers
AMRF is pleased to support postdoctoral research at the SUMMIT2020 symposium with a cash prize for Best Oral Presentation.
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Nov 13, 20202 min read
Cardiac changes in diabetic heart disease
On World Diabetes Day, we showcase research that can help us understand and treat diabetic heart disease.
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Nov 11, 20201 min read
Legacy is... medical research now
The legacy of medical research is better health for us and future generations.
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Nov 10, 20202 min read
Genetic factor may reduce Type 2 Diabetes risk in some people of Māori and Pacific ancestry
One of New Zealand’s largest and fastest growing health problem is type 2 diabetes (T2D) and it's associated with increased risk of many...
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Nov 1, 20202 min read
Men's health month: Prostate cancer research
Dr Bashar Matti's prostate cancer research, funded by Auckland Medical Research Foundation, will provide important New Zealand-specific data
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Oct 29, 20202 min read
MASTERSTROKE: improving outcomes for stroke patients
This clinical trial will show if different blood pressure management during clot retrieval can improve outcomes from stroke.
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Oct 19, 20202 min read
Melanoma Awareness Week: Uniting biology and engineering for better treatment of melanoma patients
A new blood test and device could be used early in immunotherapy like keytruda to improve cancer treatment
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Oct 18, 20201 min read
AMRF Newsletter - Spring 2020
Here's current health research highlights like antibiotic drugs, young researcher awards, Northland specialists & infertility solutions.
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Oct 12, 20201 min read
Sounding Off On Future Tinnitus Research
Hearing evolved as an essential survival sense and is fundamental to modern day quality of life. Tinnitus is a disabling hearing disorder...
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Sep 10, 20201 min read
Update! Whitu: Coping skills app for young people during pandemic
Whitu is a coping skills app for young people during pandemic. This update from the researchers leading the work shows how far they've come.
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Aug 25, 20201 min read
VIDEO: Appendicitis research aiming to improve outcomes for most common surgery for kiwi kids
The 3 Minute Thesis competition is a global initiative to challenge student researchers to succinctly present their work in just 180...
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Aug 17, 20201 min read
VIDEO: Antiviral Drug Discovery for Covid-19
Dr Dan Furkert on his research for antiviral drugs to reduce impact of Covid-19 pandemic.
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Aug 12, 20202 min read
Mum's sleeping position affects blood and oxygen flow to baby
Prenatal MRI research shows mum's sleeping position affects blood flow across placenta and oxygen differences in baby, links to stillbirth
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