Tuesday 31 August 2010, 10:41AMWaitemata's health services have attracted attention for all the wrong reasons in the past decade.
Tuesday 31 August 2010, 10:33AMThe large number of Hamilton City Council hopefuls also sticking their hands up for a seat on the Waikato District Health Board could get in the way of getting work done, says the mayor. Hamilton Mayor Bob Simcock said he would be concerned if four or five councillors were also elected on the Waikato DHB because meeting clashes could get in the way of organising council business.
Tuesday 31 August 2010, 10:00AMRest homes are refusing to comply with a "nonsensical" demand to find old people's birth certificates to prove they are New Zealanders eligible for taxpayer-financed care subsidies.
Monday 30 August 2010, 4:58PMMEDICARE has begun investigating allegations of pathology kickbacks to general practices, amid warnings the rapid rise in new collection centres could see GPs rushed into signing dubious leases.
Monday 30 August 2010, 9:20AMSome candidates for the Auckland District Health Board election want a super health board created to mirror the Super City.
Monday 30 August 2010, 9:13AMAspirin is being lined up for restricted sale, with pharmacists saying low doses of the popular family medicine are too dangerous for general sale to those with heart conditions.
Monday 30 August 2010, 9:12AMNew Zealand pharmacists will not cage themselves into their dispensaries despite security fears, the industry's umbrella group says.
Monday 30 August 2010, 9:08AMMount Sinabung, in northern Sumatra, erupts for the first time in four centuries
Monday 30 August 2010, 9:07AMSwiss health care is a blend of public and private, free to those who need it but with extra options for those who can afford them. Would it work here?
Friday 27 August 2010, 12:23PMFlime restaurant seeking diners willing to donate body parts to be turned into gourmet meals, but some suspect a ruse
Friday 27 August 2010, 12:15PMUnprecedented investigation by human rights commissioner says Hutu deaths 'cannot be put down to margins of war'
Friday 27 August 2010, 11:34AMFormer tobacco executive Jeffrey Wigand describes exactly what is in a cigarette
Friday 27 August 2010, 11:22AMIt didn't take long for an Australian program of infant rotavirus vaccination to cut hospitalizations for rotavirus diarrhea by more than half in that age group, a new study shows.
Friday 27 August 2010, 11:22AMA pillar of the Pukekohe community has been jailed for five years and eight months after supplying restricted cold medicine which he knew would be turned into P.
Friday 27 August 2010, 11:21AMExtracts of broccoli and banana may help in fighting stomach problems, research suggests.
Friday 27 August 2010, 11:21AMA US man may face 16 years in prison for posting a video of his arrest on Youtube.
Friday 27 August 2010, 11:20AMTobacco companies have turned to video-sharing website YouTube to market their products, new research from Otago University
Thursday 26 August 2010, 4:02PMGPs should not use any stocks of the paediatric pandemic vaccine as it has lost potency, the TGA says.
Thursday 26 August 2010, 2:40PMStudy finds medics' faith affects care of terminally ill, as hospital clinicians admit 'ethically controversial' decisions
Thursday 26 August 2010, 11:51AMA German doctor who accidentally killed 70-year-old Cambridgeshire patient David Gray has lost his legal bid to stop his sons talking to the media.
Thursday 26 August 2010, 11:50AMConcern at the length of time the Southern District Health Board has been waiting for a ruling on its controversial "bridging the gap" pilot proposal was raised at this week's hospitals' advisory committee meeting.
Thursday 26 August 2010, 11:49AMIn a tight fiscal environment South Canterbury District Health Board has avoided health cuts.The board yesterday released its district annual plan, which showed savings of $1.4 million, but promised the same level of service. The board meets tomorrow to formally adopt the plan.
Thursday 26 August 2010, 11:48AMMPs [including finance minister Bill English], local government leaders and media from Southland and Otago joined forces in Wellington today as the fight to retain neurosurgery services in Dunedin continues. A petition, signed by 43,227 people, was collected by the Otago Daily Times and the Southland Times newspapers.
Thursday 26 August 2010, 11:47AMA GP from Bradford is to lead a team of doctors and nurses to offer help to the people affected by the devastating recent floods in Pakistan.Dr Muhammad Adeel Iqbal is leaving the UK on Friday with his team to spend a week in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab.
Thursday 26 August 2010, 10:45AMThe curious case of the empty hospital in a classic BBC clip from 'Yes Minister'.
Wednesday 25 August 2010, 4:25PM...Experts at the Health Protection Agency (HPA) say young people are most affected.And one in ten of 15-24 year olds with an STI became infected again within a year.
Wednesday 25 August 2010, 3:05PMThe Southern District Health Board risked getting into a "stoush" if a rural maternity review was not handled correctly, warned two board members at yesterday's disability support and community and public health advisory committee meeting in Dunedin.
Wednesday 25 August 2010, 3:04PMHow many pot plants does it take to blow a ministerial budget? The BBC investigates
Wednesday 25 August 2010, 3:04PMHanding GPs control of the health budget and commissioning of hospital services would be "disastrous", a medical charity has warned.
Tuesday 24 August 2010, 11:53AMQuebecers least satisfied, but it's top worry of all Canadians, poll finds
Tuesday 24 August 2010, 11:51AMCounties Manukau District Health Board says its suspension of four radiographers, which has prompted their union to announce a strike, was justified.
Tuesday 24 August 2010, 11:50AMThe message was direct: many a doctor is out of sync with patients and as a consequence often does them a disservice or makes preventable medical mistakes.
Tuesday 24 August 2010, 11:35AMA retired GP told she will not be charged over allegations she advised a seriously ill woman on how to die has admitted she feared the police investigation would put her in "deep, deep trouble".
Monday 23 August 2010, 4:01PMSo sometimes we have trouble finding something "That's interesting" on YouTube - here's what to do
Monday 23 August 2010, 10:09AMMany patients turn up at the surgery with ailments that turn out to be harmless or trifling. According to “Self-Care”, a recent publicity campaign funded by the Proprietary Association of Great Britain, which represents manufacturers of over-the-counter medication, this “culture of dependency” is needlessly costing the NHS £2bn a year. The campaign’s message is: go to your pharmacist instead.
Monday 23 August 2010, 10:08AMThe head of Wanganui's district health board said she was "ashamed" of the latest report into Wanganui Hospital's mental health unit.
Monday 23 August 2010, 10:06AMPublic opinion remains divided over whether assisted suicide should be permitted, a poll shows. Research New Zealand polled 500 people aged over 15 on whether euthanasia should be legalised in New Zealand and found that 47 per cent supported assisted suicide and 44 per cent were opposed to it.
Monday 23 August 2010, 10:05AMNegative newspaper coverage of GP pay may start to erode public trust in the profession, researchers have warned...They found that after the introduction of the new GMS contract in 2004, there was a ‘sharp rise’ in stories related to GPs' salaries. Numbers rose from less than 20 articles per year in 2004 to 100 articles per year in 2007.
Monday 23 August 2010, 10:05AMLast year, the U.S. government spent over $2 trillion on health care, the most of any OECD country. Still, with all that money going out the door there is a worsening income crisis among primary care physicians that, if unaddressed, will lead to an acute shortage of these doctors in the years ahead, when retiring Baby Boomers will need them most.
Friday 20 August 2010, 12:02PMA new study led by Yale University in the US found that an ancient four-herb Chinese herbal remedy first described 1,800 years ago reduced gastrointestinal toxicity and boosted the antitumor effect of the chemotherapy drug CPT-11 (irinotecan) in mice with colon cancer.