Monthly Archives: March 2008

The Centre for Health and Society Celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary (Mar 11th, 2008)

March 11, 2008 – 4:39pm

The Centre for Health & Society celebrated its 10-year anniversary on the 11th and 12th of March 2007.
CHS staff met with invited speakers Professor Warwick H. Anderson, the inaugural director of the Centre, Professor Peter Skold from Umea University (Sweden) and Associate Professor Papaarangi Reid, Tumuaki Dean, The University of Auckland, to hear their perspectives [...]

By Johanna Monk | Posted in Centre for Health & Society | Comments Off

Media Release: Skin prick test shows asthma risk in toddlers with eczema (Mar 10th, 2008)

March 10, 2008 – 10:40am

Media Release, Monday 10 March 2008
Toddlers with eczema who have a positive skin prick test for allergy have almost triple the risk of developing asthma than those with a negative test, says an Australian study.
The study, led by the University of Melbourne, is the first to clearly demonstrate that skin prick tests can be used [...]

By Helen | Posted in Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, Research | Comments Off