Health Sciences

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, DECEMBER 30, 2020; A yellow and green St John ambulance on its way to Christchurch hospital, December 30, 2020

Improving cardiac arrest survival rates

Health sciences
26 Jun, 2026
More lives could be saved if community responders were equipped with portable automated external defibrillators (AEDs), a new study shows.
Professor Elaine Rush talks about why nutrition matters

Q&A: Nutrition Matters

Health sciences
19 Jun, 2026
Emerita Professor Elaine Rush answers common questions about food, from BMI and fats to fasting and ultra-processed foods, with practical, evidence-based advice...
First aid cardiopulmonary resuscitation course using automated external defibrillator device, AED.

 'No significant improvement': new study

Health sciences
18 Jun, 2026
Double Sequential Defibrillation research across Aotearoa has found the cardiac arrest technique did not show significant improvement in survival rates.

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