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From the University of Auckland and the Liggins Institute, Associate Professor Katie Groom, joins us for a chat about corticosteroid injections and childbirth. She chats to Rachel about the C*STEROID Trial, funded by the Health Research Council, is a New Zealand-wide, placebo-controlled, randomised trial to assess the effects of corticosteroids given to the mother prior to a planned caesarean section at or near term on newborn and later childhood health.

The University fo Auckland's Professor Merryn Gott from the School of Nursing and Te Ārai Research Group joins us to talk about how their research is investigating the affect of lockdown onolder people. They are calling on people over 70 to get in contact and have their voices heard, more details here.

Cristiano Bellavitis, Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland from the faculty of Management and International Business, teaches Rachel and Tess a little bit about the stock markets. A very helpful conversation, especially given our current economic situation.

Laura Pedofsky from the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute joins Rachel and Tess to talk about Kegel's and their research into a new device, the 'femfit'. Tune in to learn more about how to strengthen those important muscles.