Health & Bodies
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.
This man is facing deportation because of his disability
"The only obstacle in my life is people who discriminate me and see me not capable to do anything.”
Two people who need medicinal cannabis: one legally, one on the black market | Side by Side
Is medicinal cannabis actually accessible and affordable for those who need it?
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…
Why are straight men scared of their own butts? | School For Straights
“If your prostate isn’t being stimulated, you’re only getting half the orgasm.”
Guys and violence: Am I weak if I back down? | One For the Boys | Ep 1
“Imagine if all your boys jump into a fight and you don’t? You’re just the one standing there.”
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…
Ending myths about HIV
No, HIV won’t ruin your sex life and it isn’t just a gay man’s disease. HIV expert Mark Fisher dispels some of the most common and…
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…
The first Covid-19 vaccines will be in NZ next week
NZ border workers will be first to receive the Pfizer jab.
Talking to Guled Mire about his award-winning mental health series
Last night the Re: series Third Culture Minds, hosted by Guled Mire, won the Mental Health Service Awards of Australia and New Zealand’s Special Media Journalism…
The first Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in NZ
The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has been provisionally approved by Medsafe for use in New Zealand.
It is the first Covid-19 vaccine to get sign off in New…
New Zealand is the best place to be during Covid, says new report
And today there are no new community cases of Covid-19.
40 percent of MDMA in NZ this summer was actually cathinones
Drug checking organisation Know Your Stuff has found nearly 40% of MDMA was actually eutylone.
2020 broke records for sex toy sales
2020 saw the largest year of sex toy sales in history for Wellington-based online retailer Adulttoymegastore.
"We've never seen anything like 2020 in terms of sales of…