Background and Objectives: Gravity Relief Mobilisation is a novel manual therapy treatment for persistent musculoskeletal pain. It involves the facilitation of a non-volitional movement response. In the massage practice ...

Introduction: The regulatory age limits for pilots are based on the premise that the performance of pilots decreases with increasing age. The aim of this research is to investigate whether performance decline is apparent ...

Tobacco smoking is common among people with moderate/severe forms of mental illness, and it is a major contributor to their generally poorer physical health. Tobacco control policies and cessation programmes have not ...

Obesity is a growing epidemic often leading to metabolic disease, and immune dysregulation is an associated pathology. This dysregulation could be targeted therapeutically to minimise some of the negative effects of obesity, ...

Endometrial Cancer (EC) is the most common gynaecologic malignancy in the developed world, and in Aotearoa New Zealand, incidence is increasing in premenopausal women. The Levonorgestrel Intrauterine System (LNG-IUS), also ...

Background Previous research has repeatedly established that ‘in-person’ (offline) social support, both perceived and actual, is associated with psychological wellbeing. However, the growing literature on the relationship ...

Antigen-presenting cells (APCs), are crucial components of the immune system that are uniquely positioned at the interface between innate and adaptive immunity. In particular, a specialized subset of APCs, dendritic cells ...

Immunosurveillance is critical for the detection and elimination of malignant cells. Activated CD8+ T cells are fundamental to anti-tumour immune responses due to their ability to specifically target peptide antigens, ...