Videos of health talks
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University of Otago, Christchurch,Professor Vicky Cameron sums up research to better predict who will suffer a life-threatening heart attack, and describes a test her research group invented to diagnose heart failure that is saving lives worldwide.
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University of Otago, Christchurch, Professor Anthony Butler is one of the inventors of the MARS colour scanner. He explains how it will revolutionize medical imaging.
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Professor Frank Frizelle from the University of Otago, Christchurch, explains how bugs could cause bowel cancer, and research to categorize the disease and improve treatment.
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University of Otago, Christchurch, Associate Professor Joe Boden sums up more than 20 years of evidence from the Christchurch Health and Development Study.
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University of Otago, Christchurch, researchers are part of a global network of scientists looking for genes that could predispose people to suffering from anorexia nervosa. Dr Jenny Jordan shares details of latest research on the disease.
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Dr Jon Wells is a paediatric surgeon and senior lecturer at the University of Otago, Christchurch. He explains how he and his colleagues solved the dilemma of how to teach trainee surgeons to do rare operations right the first time.
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Peter Dooley is the MRI Manager at the Canterbury DHB. He has eliminated wait times for children needing MRIs by calming them down using virtual reality instead of drugs.
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The majority of children with autism experience sleep difficulties. The University of Canterbury's Dr Laurie McLay explains how she and her colleagues are helping these children and their families.
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Researchers from Ara Institute of Technology researched how where well women birth affects outcomes for them and their babies. Maternity researcher Rea Daellenbach reveals what they found about the safety of primary birthing units.
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Matapopore is Ngai Tahu's earthquake recovery agency. Its Health Precinct representative Amber Clarke lays out a challenge in her talk: What if we do nothing?
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