All News from Thu, 4 Nov 2010
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Vulnerable students suffer worse health – study
Students removed from mainstream education due to truancy or behavioural issues are more likely to smoke, drink, have unprotected sex, drive dangerously and commit suicide, Auckland University research shows Read more…
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Critically endangered stilt is unique species – study
Canterbury University research dispels a long held belief that the black stilt or kaki was a hybrid with an introduced pied stilt or poaka Read more…
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Haemophilia drug can damage heart, study finds
Studies analysis of NovoSeven to treat dangerous bleeding in non-hemophiliacs Read more…
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Autism risk gene may rewire brain, US study finds
Children with the CNTNAP2 gene had strong brain connections within the frontal lobe, but weaker connections to the rest of the brain Read more…
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Media release: Vulnerable students suffer worse health than their mainstream contemporaries
Researchers at The University of Auckland have discovered that students attending Alternative Education (AE) have much higher rates of dangerous driving, smoking, drinking, unprotected sex and suicidal behaviours than mainstream students – yet they have the most difficulty accessing the services they require Read more…
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Media release: Scientists dispel long-held fallacy about NZ black stilt
University of Canterbury research led by conservation geneticist Dr Tammy Steeves shows the New Zealand black stilt or kakī is a genetically distinct species and thus worthy of protection Read more…
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Alert Newsletter: Issue 645
1.David Suzuki lecture ‘The Legacy’- An Elder’s Vision For Our Sustainable Future’ – Wellington David Suzuki is an influential and hugely popular Canadian… Read more…
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NZ patients cleared to get medicinal cannabis
Medsafe approves cannabis-based spray for use by multiple sclerosis patients Read more…
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NASA spacecraft set to rendezvous with comet
During the rendezvous, it will snap pictures of comet Hartley 2 as it races by, marking only the fifth time that a comet's core has been viewed up close Read more…
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Village ravaged by cancer in Turkey’s Cappadocia
Nearly half the deaths in this impoverished village and two others nearby are from a rare cancer known as mesothelioma - which can be caused by a mineral that's found in abundance in the area Read more…
