Latest from University of Otago

Overcrowding blamed for high rheumatic fever rate

Household crowding is being partially blamed for NZ's high rate of acute rheumatic fever among children and teenagers.

A novel approach

A professor nominates the 200 books that will teach you more than you will learn at University.

Otago scientist awarded Rutherford Medal

An Otago University molecular biologist has been awarded New Zealand's top science and technology honour, the 2010 Rutherford Medal.

Drug discovery unlocks stroke paralysed limbs

Courts go easy in drug cases

Plain does not sell as well

Graphic warnings deter young smokers - study

Graphic images of the adverse health effects of smoking do deter young adult smokers and should be significantly increased in size, NZ research has found.

Call to take childhood snoring seriously

Study touts taxation to prevent disease

Stone age man

Standing on snakes and having trees fall on him are all in a day's work for the archaeologist who's been called Auckland's Indiana Jones.

Five of the best: Art galleries

Auckland has some of the best art galleries on offer in the South Pacific.

Tobacco firm denies YouTube marketing

British American Tobacco (BAT) has denied claims it uses video-sharing website YouTube to market its products, as research released today from Otago University claimed.

Smoking marketed on YouTube - study

Murder forcing University re-think

Universities may have to rethink their policies on staff-student relationships, following the Sophie Elliott case.

Longevity gap widens

Big gains if tobacco sales end in decade