Background: Breast cancer and its treatment are associated with worsened body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in breast cancer survivors. These negative effects can increase overall, cardiovascular and ...

Issues of social inequality have increasingly featured in public debate in New Zealand and around the world, as the widening gap between rich and poor, both within and across countries, is highlighted and becomes more ...

Background Coeliac disease, an autoimmune-mediated sensitivity to gluten, is known to affect at least 1% of the population. It is widely acknowledged that it is underdiagnosed, and that management beyond the implementation ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) continues to increase globally. In a New Zealand, a community based prevalence study, Pacific peoples had a 2.56 fold higher risk of CKD, controlling for diabetes. Likewise Pacific people ...

There are currently no formal clinical guidelines informing doctors as to whether it is appropriate to disclose their own illness information to patients. The topic of doctor self-illness disclosure (DSID) remains ...

Insight in psychiatry refers to the patient's ability to recognise themselves as having a mental illness, their capacity to acknowledge their psychopathological experiences and the awareness of the consequences of their ...

Background: Spiritual care is becoming increasingly recognised as important for achieving better health outcomes as identified by patients, families of patients and healthcare professionals. However, spiritual care is not ...

In New Zealand (NZ), young Pacific people are overrepresented among those experiencing mental health conditions (MHC) compared to young people of other ethnicities. Despite this, little is known about the possible determinants ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a leading cause of kidney failure, and one of the most prominent rare hereditary diseases in New Zealand, as well as globally. The autosomal dominant form of this disease (ADPKD) has a ...

Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is a heritable renal disease that causes the enlargement of kidneys due to the bilateral development of fluid-filled cysts. This results in end-stage kidney disease in ...