Friday 30 April 2010, 3:35PMIn Japan, whether someone is an A, B, O or AB blood type is a topic of everyday conversation. There is a widespread belief that blood type determines personality, with implications for life, work and love.
Friday 30 April 2010, 10:13AMThe National Milk Producers Federation has asked the FDA to reserve the term "milk" for cow's milk
Friday 30 April 2010, 10:12AMPeople with a common, obesity-related liver disease that has no known treatment got a surprising benefit from vitamin E pills
Friday 30 April 2010, 10:11AMOfficials in Silicon Valley vote to ban restaurants from giving away toys with unhealthy children’s meals
Thursday 29 April 2010, 1:15PMNational Institutes of Health panel finds supplements and vitamins won't prevent Alzheimer's
Thursday 29 April 2010, 1:15PMIn what it described as a blow against the fattening temptations of fast food, the board of supervisors in Santa Clara County, south of San Francisco, voted Tuesday to ban the promotional toys that often accompany child-size portions of cheeseburgers and chicken nuggets if those meals don’t meet certain nutritional standards.
Thursday 29 April 2010, 1:14PMElderly patients have been advised by researchers to reduce the risk of broken bones through falls by taking up judo.
Wednesday 28 April 2010, 1:51PMBrazil's health minister has a remedy for the nation's high-blood- pressure problem: More sex.
Wednesday 28 April 2010, 12:54PMIt won't happen anytime soon, but researchers say they may be on the path to developing a simple urine test that could both diagnose colorectal cancer and follow its progress.
Wednesday 28 April 2010, 12:48PMAn NHS review has identified a raft of clinical areas that have been overlooked by current Government health policy.
Wednesday 28 April 2010, 12:45PMGPs have been threatened with ‘sanctions’ if they do not stop referring patients to hospital and direct them to new community-based services instead.
Wednesday 28 April 2010, 12:40PMA new poll says that three in every four Facebook users avoid adding their boss as a 'friend' out of fear that their actions on the site could cost them their job. We round up the best social media gaffes from Facebook, Twitter and Google.
Tuesday 27 April 2010, 12:07PMNow that Ontario is poised to slash generic drug prices, the question is, will the rest of the country follow suit?
Tuesday 27 April 2010, 12:05PM"Mr Franklin Heng died on Dec 30 last year at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he had been taken after undergoing liposuction at Reves Clinic."
Tuesday 27 April 2010, 12:04PMA BIG health package in next month's budget is expected to encourage GP practices to merge, either actually or ''virtually'', allowing patients better one-stop access to related services.
Tuesday 27 April 2010, 12:02PM"...The member is well aware that the Government believes that integrated family health centres will be developed by the private sector..."
Monday 26 April 2010, 10:10AMDressed in a crumpled T-shirt, shorts and trainers, the sculpted version of Edgar Hernandez looks out over the central Mexican village of La Gloria with a rather odd smile on his face and an even odder frog in his hand, the so-called "kid zero" of the 2009 swine flu pandemic cast in bronze for posterity.
Monday 26 April 2010, 10:09AMSeparate investigations are under way to get to the bottom of the massive Wellington power cut and determine why a backup generator at Wellington Hospital failed – forcing patients to be sent elsewhere.
Monday 26 April 2010, 10:07AMPauly Fuemana, the creator of smader before his death nearly three months ago of pneumonia
Monday 26 April 2010, 10:06AMIt is not clear whether these differences affect survival rates
Men living in deprived areas are less likely to receive radiotherapy or surgery for prostate cancer than their richer counterparts, a study suggests.
Monday 26 April 2010, 10:03AMHealth reform has passed, and the United States is poised to join the rest of the industrialized world in providing most of its citizens with affordable health coverage.But having health insurance doesn’t necessarily mean it will be easy to find a doctor.
Monday 26 April 2010, 10:03AMGP surgeries in Ketton and Gretton are facing closure after they were deemed "no longer fit for purpose".
Monday 26 April 2010, 9:04AMProfessor Rob Moodie, the former head of the Government’s National Preventative Health Taskforce, has found himself at the centre of the nation’s media attention, after becoming embroiled in rugby league’s latest scandal.
Friday 23 April 2010, 2:20PMThe TGA will convene an expert scientific advisory panel to investigate adverse reactions to the seasonal flu vaccine following a spate of severe reactions among children in Western Australia.
Friday 23 April 2010, 2:11PMThe health ministry says a polio vaccination campaign in the West African nation of Sierra Leone is being delayed because of European flight problems caused by volcanic ash.
Friday 23 April 2010, 9:51AMThe Government has dismissed the possibility it would scrap its drug-funding system as part of the price of a free-trade deal with the United States.
Friday 23 April 2010, 9:50AMQuitting cigarettes can be harder than beating an addiction to heroin, a leading expert says.
Thursday 22 April 2010, 4:35PMDying patients, people needing intensive rehabilitation and the elderly will all be hit by proposed health cuts in the Manawatu
Thursday 22 April 2010, 10:17AMA short video looking at medical iPhone apps. It’s for an American audience but interesting, nevertheless
Thursday 22 April 2010, 10:16AMUsed properly, CT scanning is an excellent diagnostic instrument; the benefits of its use outweigh the risks.
Thursday 22 April 2010, 10:16AMNew Zealanders could get quicker access to new and expensive medicines - and the Government's drugs bill could go up - under a free trade deal with the United States.
Thursday 22 April 2010, 10:15AM"Hon Ruth Dyson: How does he reconcile his statement that integrated family health centres were already available in Auckland with his heralding of these centres as new and innovative?"
Thursday 22 April 2010, 10:10AMFood Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson's postponement of a plan for the addition of folic acid to bread is facing a challenge.
Wednesday 21 April 2010, 3:09PMWest Coast District Health Board is to receive its biggest ever government bail out of $6 million.
Wednesday 21 April 2010, 3:08PMFaulty software, aging systems, complexity and a lack of full network control all contributed to computer virus infection at Waikato District Health Board last December, according to a report presented to the DHB’s board today.
Wednesday 21 April 2010, 3:08PMIn days gone by, director of nursing Robyn Henderson would have worn a white veil and prowled wards checking that sheets were correctly tucked.
Wednesday 21 April 2010, 3:07PMA foul-mouthed family doctor who turned his back during consultations and terrorised his staff drove 800 patients away in only four years, it was claimed yesterday.
Wednesday 21 April 2010, 3:07PMA Cumbrian GP drove away patients and belittled colleagues, a disciplinary panel has been told.
Wednesday 21 April 2010, 3:02PMThe world’s news media takes a stab at the pronunciation of that Icelandic volcano
Tuesday 20 April 2010, 12:20PMA family doctor is earning £500,000 a year in one of the most extreme examples of spiralling pay under new contracts brought in by Labour.