Reading a cervical smear test. The screen shows precancerous (CIN3) cells. (File photo) About 900 women from the Te Tai Tokerau Northland region were involved in the study, which focuses on Māori women. Māori women were two and a half times more likely to die from cervical cancer than others. The study showed almost 60 per cent of Māori women took the human papillomavirus self-test when offered it - about three times more women than those offered the standard cervical smear. The university s director of the Centre for Women s Health Research, Bev Lawton, said she expected that improvement to be seen in all women.
Probiotics and intermittent fasting improve mental wellbeing but not diabetes prevention – 12-week trial A combination of probiotics supplementation and intermittent fasting could improve the mental wellbeing of prediabetics but played no significant effect in diabetes prevention or weight loss, says a 12-week trial.
Findings of the clinical trial was recently published in
Nutrients. The randomised human clinical trial was conducted by the University of Auckland and funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand.
The researchers decided to embark on the study as probiotics intake, especially
Bifidobacterium strains, and intermittent fasting could separately improve glucose control.
This is believed to be the first study that assesses the impact of both probiotics supplementation and intermittent fasting on prediabetes control.
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Monday, 14 December 2020, 6:03 am
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has
today announced more than $6.3 million in funding for 11 new
research studies designed to help ensure equitable health
and wellbeing outcomes for all New Zealanders during the
recovery from COVID-19 and future infectious disease
threats.
The HRC’s director of Equity, Māori and
Pacific health research, Mr Stacey Pene, says COVID-19 has
the potential to worsen inequities in health outcomes for
Māori, Pasifika and other groups such as older adults with
multiple health conditions, those living in rural dwellings,
and people with mental illness.
“This new COVID-19
Press Release – Health Research Council Of New Zealand
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has today announced more than $6.3 million in funding for 11 new research studies designed to help ensure equitable health and wellbeing outcomes for all New Zealanders during the recovery from COVID-19 and future infectious disease threats.
The HRC’s director of Equity, Māori and Pacific health research, Mr Stacey Pene, says COVID-19 has the potential to worsen inequities in health outcomes for Māori, Pasifika and other groups such as older adults with multiple health conditions, those living in rural dwellings, and people with mental illness.