Health & Bodies
Covid update: 21 Covid cases in the community
It’s day two of level four nationally and we’re at 10 community cases of the Delta variant.
Why wearing a mask can help stop Delta spreading
Masks in places open for essential services during level 4 will be mandatory from tonight.
Fighting Delta: what you need to know about this Covid-19 variant
Here's what you need to know about the Delta variant.
Covid update: A further two community cases have been identified
Here's what you need to know.
New Zealand to go into a snap level 4 lockdown at 11.59pm tonight
Earlier this afternoon one Covid case was detected in the community in Auckland.
New regulation to stop teenagers vaping comes into force today
It aims to protect young people and non-smokers from the potential dangers of vaping.
From antidepressants to clueless partners: Women tell us about struggling to orgasm
Re: speaks to seven women involved about the orgasm gap.
A near-fatal accident gave me the courage to tell my family I was trans
At 18, Mason nearly died after jumping head-first into a pool drunk. He tells his story.
Over half of psychologists have scrapped their waiting lists because they are too long
A new survey shows clinical psychologists in private practice can’t keep up.
Checking your phone at work just makes you more bored, study finds
When you're bored at work, do you aimlessly scroll through your phone?
Folic acid will now be added to bread to help prevent birth defects
Folic acid is proven to prevent birth defects such as spina bifida and other neural tube defects.
Critically-ill people with Cystic Fibrosis will now have free access to life-saving drug
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease affecting the lungs, digestive system, and other organs.
Health care structures entrenching poor outcomes for Pasifika must change, new report finds
The Bula Sautu report, released this week, looked at the persistent inequities in Pasifika health.
Covid-19 Updates: June 2021
The latest on the Covid situation.
Covid vaccine dates announced for everyone (else)
Details of the Covid-19 rollout for the general population have been announced.
Comedowns are the worst, but they don’t have to be
What if it’s not the drug that gives comedowns, but instead the way people take it?
Nitrates in our drinking water could be causing premature births
Nitrates in our drinking water may be leading to babies being born prematurely or underweight.
Pregnant women drinking water with 10 milligrams of nitrates a litre are…
Bread is not destroying your brain, research shows
Unless you actually have coeliac disease, gluten doesn’t affect your brain function, new research has found.
A study of over 13,000 people has found no link between…
Here’s eight stories about sex and pleasure for you
Just in time for international masturbation month, Re: has rounded up all of our pleasure stories.
NZ uni students refuse to quit coffee despite negative side effects
A study shows one quarter of uni students consume coffee despite negative side effects.
A third of young people develop a mental health problem after a concussion, new research shows
The literature review involved nearly 90,000 under 18-year-olds in nine countries including NZ.
Young workers in NZ are three times more burnt out than others
New Zealand workers under the age of 30 are three times more likely to be burnt out than other demographics.
Do you feel like you’ve got nothing…
Pleasure study identifies four ways women make sex better
Thousands of women aged 18 to 93 have described specific ways they make vaginal penetration more pleasurable in a new study.
Researchers in the US used information…
The New Zealand health system is getting a complete overhaul
All 20 district health boards will be combined into a single national health organisation, to be called Health New Zealand, and new public and Māori health…
Covid-19 Live Updates
The key facts you need to know about Covid-19 in Aotearoa.
Teens should get special contraception consults, study says
Researchers say contraceptives should be proactively offered to teenagers.
The study Proactively Providing Contraception to New Zealand Adolescents from the University of Otago was published on Tuesday…
Pill testing doesn’t make you any more likely to take drugs, research finds
New research has found pill-testing services do not result in people taking MDMA if they had not used the drug before.
The research also found that pill…
Why Māori need to be a priority for the Covid-19 vaccine
Today the government announced who will be prioritised to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Two million New Zealanders will get their first dose in the next four…
In photos: living with a mother with dementia
Tāmaki Makaurau-based photographer Todd Henry captured these photos of his mother-in-law, Nisi, who lives with dementia. The images show love, care and all the little details…
Why we can’t afford to forget about dementia
After Covid-19, dementia is one of the most pervasive and costly health concerns we will face. But how many of us are prepared?
Too many of us…