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A health expert says major weight loss surgery can be life-changing for those who need it

A health expert says major weight loss surgery can be life-changing for those who need it

Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 12:20 pm A study to measure the mental health of young people who grow up in areas with unhealthy environmental features, such as gaming venues, takeaway shops and liquor outlets, is one of 12 projects to get the greenlight through a new $4M collaboration to fund child health research. A Better Start, one of the country’s 11 National Science Challenges, and Cure Kids, New Zealand’s largest national child health research charity, are co-funding the new projects, whic...

Press Release – A Better Start National Science Challenge A study to measure the mental health of young people who grow up in areas with unhealthy environmental features, such as gaming venues, takeaway shops and liquor outlets, is one of 12 projects to get the greenlight through a new $4M collaboration to fund … A study to measure the mental health of young people who grow up in areas with unhealthy environmental features, such as gaming venues, takeaway shops and liquor outlets, is one ...

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Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 1:38 pm The lifelong impact of chronic diseases on New Zealand families is at the centre of a major new research programme. Three of the government’s National Science Challenges – A Better Start, Healthier Lives and Ageing Well – are collaborating to develop a research project aimed at identifying opportunities for improving the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders at every stage of life. It will have a particular focus on addressing equitable outcomes for ...

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Press Release – National Science Challenges The lifelong impact of chronic diseases on New Zealand families is at the centre of a major new research programme. Three of the government’s National Science Challenges – A Better Start, Healthier Lives and Ageing Well – are collaborating to develop a research project aimed at identifying opportunities for improving the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders at every stage of life. It will have a particular focus on addressing equitable outco...

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Participants took 28 capsules containing the gut bacteria of four healthy donors over two days.   Much to the delight of the scientists, the bacteria survived in the gut. But while the bacteria stayed, so did the fat. "We thought that they would get dramatic weight loss, it didnt happen," Cutfield said. But what they did find was really quite exciting. "What we did see was that metabolic syndrome almost disappeared in those treated. Metabolic syndrome is a condition with higher blood pressur...