Friday 17 December 2010, 9:17AMAdvice for pregnant women on avoiding soft cheeses and certain other foods should be extended to cancer patients, according to public health experts.
Friday 17 December 2010, 9:16AMNutrition experts are warning about potential harmful consequences of a recently-revived fad diet based on hormones from human placenta.
Friday 17 December 2010, 9:16AMCould HDL cholesterol also protect people from dementia?
Friday 17 December 2010, 9:15AMThe sudden deaths of two long-time Kaiapoi residents are being blamed on post-earthquake stress and the fear their damaged house would probably be demolished in the new year.
Friday 17 December 2010, 9:14AMACC has been ordered to pay for the neck surgery of an injured claimant, even though he was "predisposed" to spinal problems because of degeneration.
Thursday 16 December 2010, 3:46PMHealth Minister Tony Ryall appears to have forgotten that he dumped former Southern District Health Board chairman Errol Millar.
Thursday 16 December 2010, 3:45PMThe fitness to practise of a family GP in Cumbria who belittled colleagues with a tirade of abuse over a four-year period has been found
Thursday 16 December 2010, 3:45PMDespite our policy of encouraging patients to consult a named “usual GP,” he seeks care impetuously, electing to consult medical students, registrars, ...
Wednesday 15 December 2010, 9:52AMGPs will get direct access to cancer diagnostics under plans due to be announced by the Uk Department of Health today.
Wednesday 15 December 2010, 9:30AMEveryone yawns, but no one knows why.
Wednesday 15 December 2010, 9:29AMThe UK is one of the unhealthiest nations in Europe for some health indicators, data suggests.
Wednesday 15 December 2010, 9:29AMA federal judge in the US state of Virginia has ruled against a key part of the Obama administration's law on healthcare reform.
Wednesday 15 December 2010, 9:28AMCanterbury scientists have unlocked a crucial ingredient in a new cancer-treatment drug, thanks to a Kaikoura sea creature.
Wednesday 15 December 2010, 9:28AMCyclists should forget the expensive, lightweight bike this Christmas if they want a faster ride to work - instead, they should lose a few kilos.
Wednesday 15 December 2010, 9:27AMTwo Canterbury neurosurgeons are threatening to resign because of the Government's decision to share services with a Dunedin unit, Labour says.
Tuesday 14 December 2010, 2:12PMMen who grew up in the St. Louis area in the early 1960s and died of cancer by middle age had more than twice as much radioactive strontium in their baby teeth as men born in the same area at the same time who are still living, according to a study based on teeth collected years ago by Washington University in St. Louis.
Tuesday 14 December 2010, 1:50PMA coroner has criticised the Hutt District Health Board (HDHB) for its treatment of a nurse who committed suicide after she was told she would no longer be working in the emergency department (ED).
Tuesday 14 December 2010, 1:49PMThe Irish Patients' Association (IPA) has welcomed the decision by a Dublin medical centre to reduce its GP rates by almost 37%.According to the association, some patients are deferring visits to their GP because of the costs involved. It noted that for a junior public servant who has already had salary reductions, the cost of seeing their GP could be up to 25% of their weekly take home wage.
Tuesday 14 December 2010, 1:48PMEntrepreneurs are among America’s most celebrated personalities, but when it comes to entrepreneurial activity in the doctor’s office, the results can be harmful to your health and your pocketbook.
Tuesday 14 December 2010, 10:01AMMataura Medical Centre patients will have to travel to Invercargill for urgent weekend care after the practice's two doctors pulled out of the Gore urgent doctor service.
Tuesday 14 December 2010, 10:00AMExclusive: GPs have been blocked from referring smokers for any routine elective surgery unless patients quit or complete an NHS Stop Smoking course, under a draconian package of PCT cost-cutting measures.
Monday 13 December 2010, 2:38PMThe man in charge of hospital services in west and north Auckland says he has been tackling ineffective managers and staff who do not care about patients.
Monday 13 December 2010, 2:00PMResponding to NHS Employers’ proposal for a two-year pay increment freeze for all NHS staff, Dr Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of BMA Council said:
“Despite the Government’s promise to protect the NHS budget, this proposal from NHS Employers makes clear that the NHS is in fact facing a real-terms cut in funding over the next two years. Hammering the pay of health care staff still further should not be the first – and indeed, at the moment, the only - response to finding a way out of this mess. The so-called guarantees that are being offered in return for a freeze on contractual increments appear to be very limited and will be left to local agreement.
Monday 13 December 2010, 1:59PMWashington, D.C. December 10, 2010 (PAHO) – A group of international experts today is detailing how they will conclude the process of documenting and verifying the elimination of measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome in the Americas.
Monday 13 December 2010, 1:17PMSix Seattle-area hospitals are getting new vending machines for blood. The "Hemosafe" machines store a large amount of blood of all types in a temperature-controlled setting.
Friday 10 December 2010, 10:16AMBreathing in secondhand tobacco smoke may have mental health consequences for a child, as well as physical ones, British researchers reveal in the journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Friday 10 December 2010, 10:15AMMore women are binge drinking, saying they downed five or more drinks at a single occasion in the past month, and fewer are being screened for cervical cancer.
Friday 10 December 2010, 10:15AMInterrupted sleep has a gender bias!
Friday 10 December 2010, 10:13AMCharity collectors will hit the streets today to support sending more people to clown doctor school.
Friday 10 December 2010, 10:12AMDoug Sellman shines a bright light on the damage done by alcohol abuse.
Friday 10 December 2010, 10:10AMResearchers have found that fantasising about your favourite food really can help you avoid eating it.
Friday 10 December 2010, 10:09AMA Flaxmere youth has been arrested after he tried to tag an ambulance - and the ambulance officer who was inside it.
Friday 10 December 2010, 10:05AMAn Auckland lawyer has asked Parliament for an independent investigation into what he says is a small group of doctors being used by the Accident Compensation Corporation to reject claims on grounds of pre-injury "degenerative" conditions.
Thursday 09 December 2010, 2:42PMNeurological damage caused by multiple sclerosis could be reversed by encouraging the brain's own stem cells to repair themselves, according to a new study.
Thursday 09 December 2010, 2:41PMOne of the world’s most prestigious medical journals is throwing its weight behind mounting international efforts to get Canada to close its asbestos-exporting industry once and for all.
Thursday 09 December 2010, 2:10PMPlaying music to hospital patients on ventilators helps them to breathe more easily, findings show.
Thursday 09 December 2010, 2:05PMThe latest cuts in GP fees will total €48 million over the course of 2011, it has emerged.
Thursday 09 December 2010, 2:05PMGPs will have to pool resources to survive tough deals on their management allowance, says a report from consultancy firm McKinsey.
Thursday 09 December 2010, 2:04PM...the study's academic supervisor and dietitian, Julian Jensen, approached Minister of Health Tony Ryall and District Health Boards New Zealand
Thursday 09 December 2010, 2:03PMAn investigation into the mysterious deaths of thousands of oysters in the North Island has found a herpes virus may be to blame.