Health news

Q&A: Teeth Matters

If you’ve ever wondered why it’s so expensive to go to the dentist Chanae Ihimaera, Senior Lecturer in Oral Health is here to answer your dental questions.

Questions you should ask your dentist

If the dental bill has ever made you gulp, you’re far from alone - so what questions should you ask to make sure you're getting the correct treatment?

AUT hosts talk on future of health

AUT hosted sector leaders at North Campus to explore how innovation, equity and workforce development will shape the future of health in Aotearoa.

Debunking 5 TBI myths

Touching the lives of an average 110 people each day in Aotearoa, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is much more common than any of us would like it to be.

Play's great for adults too

Somewhere along the way to adulthood, time to play fades away. Yet there is clear evidence adults benefit from playfulness just as children do.

Protein rises to top of food pyramid

New dietary guidelines from the US have upended the traditional food pyramid, moving protein into the spotlight.

Pacific Islands Families Study turns 25

AUT has celebrated the research work of Professor Tautolo on AUT's Pacific Islands Families Study as it turns 25

Nobel Sustainability Award

AUT’s Professor Erica Hinckson co-director of recipient organisation

New brain lab ‘a beacon for hope’

Last week marked a new era for brain research at AUT with the opening of the updated Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience laboratory on North Campus.

AI chatbots no substitute for therapy

An AUT senior lecturer says New Zealanders could be at risk from unregulated AI chatbots being promoted for therapy.