Thursday 30 September 2010, 2:57PMMore than 2000 jobs have been cut from the core public service since the Government capped numbers soon after the 2008 election. The cuts include more than 600 positions that were shed in the first half of this year, according to figures from State Services Minister Tony Ryall.
Thursday 30 September 2010, 2:49PMThe first direct evidence of a genetic link to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has been found, a study says.
Thursday 30 September 2010, 2:45PMThe lay scientist Martin Robins writes an article about writing an article about a scientific paper
Wednesday 29 September 2010, 4:35PMHospitals in Scotland have invested thousands of pounds into purchasing specialist beds which can take patients weighing up to 78 stone. A Freedom of Information request by the Press Association revealed that seven NHS boards had spent more than £154,000 since 2008 on the "bariatric beds".
Wednesday 29 September 2010, 4:35PMThe Audit Office will not investigate claims of irregular spending by the Whanganui District Health Board concerning legal fees during an Employment Court hearing.
Wednesday 29 September 2010, 4:34PMNew Zealand faces a billion-dollar-a-year disease as dementia cases are set to triple by 2050. Speaking in Canterbury yesterday, Health Minister Tony Ryall said the country was "underprepared", with the number of dementia sufferers expected to soar.
Wednesday 29 September 2010, 3:00PMNew Zealand health officials are looking at screening children of south Asian refugees for lead poisoning after overseas research found toxic levels in spices and in some cosmetics applied for religious ceremonies.
Wednesday 29 September 2010, 3:00PMThe loss of senior health positions in Invercargill had fed a perception Southland was being marginalised as a consequence of this year's district health board merger, committee member Neville Cook said at yesterday's disability support and community and public health advisory meeting in Invercargill.
Wednesday 29 September 2010, 2:59PMA GP has been suspended from practising for four months because he charged an elderly Hertfordshire couple for home visits.He charged an elderly couple up to £300 for each visit and also asked for cheques to be made out to his daughter.
Wednesday 29 September 2010, 2:58PMIf there is insufficient goodwill to develop a single service offering neurosurgery in both Dunedin and Christchurch, the fallback position should be two separate units with three neurosurgeons each, Southern District Health Board chief executive Brian Rousseau says.
Tuesday 28 September 2010, 2:28PMPeople from traditionally urban areas could be genetically better suited to fighting infection, say researchers.
Tuesday 28 September 2010, 2:27PMFrance's ex-justice minister Rachida Dati mixed up the words "fellatio" and "inflation" - which sound similar in French - during a TV interview.
Tuesday 28 September 2010, 1:25PMThe Phoenix football club will hold a press conference at 2pm to address the move by ACC to put it into liquidation.
Monday 27 September 2010, 12:26PMQueensland Health Minister Paul Lucas says the state won't roll out physician assistants (PAs) without national consensus.
Monday 27 September 2010, 12:24PMThe MHRA has advised all patients taking rosiglitazone to consult their GP about alternative treatment, after the licence for the controversial diabetes drug was suspended.
Monday 27 September 2010, 12:23PMTesting brotherly love to max - Ed Miliband elected new Labour leader beating older brother in knife edge victory
Monday 27 September 2010, 12:21PMThe auditor-general has been called in to investigate golden handshakes to council chief executives
Monday 27 September 2010, 12:19PMNearly a quarter of New Zealand children are overweight or obese before they start school.
Monday 27 September 2010, 12:17PMThe medical term Lester Levy chooses to describe troubled North Shore Hospital is compelling.
Monday 27 September 2010, 12:16PMSurgeons at North Shore Hospital have spoken out against the unacceptable state of the facility and are demanding improvements.
Monday 27 September 2010, 12:15PMMore than half of NHS trusts in Yorkshire are handing out perks worth thousands of pounds for top executives to run cars.
Monday 27 September 2010, 12:10PMWairarapa Hospital is ditching toasters for sandwich-presses after false alarms were calculated to cost the District Health Board $658 per slice of burnt toast.
Monday 27 September 2010, 12:08PMAlf has written to Health Minister Tony Ryall to draw attention to a money-saving opportunity...
Friday 24 September 2010, 3:28PMCartoon
Friday 24 September 2010, 2:27PMSmelly kiwis and other New Zealand birds could have their own lifesaving deodorants.
Friday 24 September 2010, 2:22PMProvocative thoughts from experts in the worlds of health and medicine.
Friday 24 September 2010, 2:20PMThe FDA has decided that marketing of rosiglitazone (Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline) can continue, under a restricted access program. However, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the suspension of the marketing authorizations for all rosiglitazone-containing antidiabetes medications licensed in the EU—Avandia, Avandamet, and Avaglim.
Friday 24 September 2010, 2:19PMMany elderly people are risking malnutrition by not feeding themselves properly, either believing they do not need much to eat or finding it too hard to cook, a ground-breaking study has found.
Thursday 23 September 2010, 3:43PMLATEST: New Zealand's Commonwealth Games athletes have been told to delay their arrival in Delhi because the Games Village will not be ready to take them.
Thursday 23 September 2010, 3:42PMA new report from police paints a grim picture of the New Zealand drug scene with more young people using opiate drugs, world-leading rates of methamphetamine use, and an entrenched and "self-sufficient" cannabis culture.
Thursday 23 September 2010, 3:41PMHealth authorities are warning women against thermal imaging for breast cancer detection and one expert even says the industry should be shut down.
Thursday 23 September 2010, 3:40PMA surgeon who continually berated his junior staff got so cross during an operation that he accidentally stabbed a colleague in the forehead with a needle, an inquiry has heard.
Wednesday 22 September 2010, 9:52AMA group of Auckland chief executives will doss down in an inner-city car park next month to raise money for a new cafe for the city's homeless.
Wednesday 22 September 2010, 9:51AMAn explosion which damaged a toilet cubicle in Tauranga's city centre was caused by a person smoking inside, police say.
Wednesday 22 September 2010, 9:50AMThe authors Graham Greene, Arthur Ransome, Somerset Maugham, Compton Mackenzie and Malcolm Muggeridge, and the philosopher AJ "Freddie" Ayer, all worked for MI6, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service admitted for the first time today .
Wednesday 22 September 2010, 9:49AMSince January 2009 The Economist has been banned or censored in 12 of the 190-odd countries in which it is sold, with news-stand (as opposed to subscription) copies particularly at risk.
Wednesday 22 September 2010, 9:48AMA New Zealand doctor has had to help out Western Australia's Health Department because of a staff shortage across the ditch.Western Australia's Health Department has resorted to recruiting a fly-in, fly-out surgeon from New Zealand to cover the state's northern area.
Wednesday 22 September 2010, 9:48AMIt's spring-cleaning time at Palmerston North Hospital's Ward 26 as staff start reviewing what they do and where things are kept so they can cut the clutter and spend more time caring for patients. Releasing Time to Care is a licensed United Kingdom programme that the Health Ministry is sponsoring for use in New Zealand. So far nine district health boards are involved, including MidCentral Health.
Wednesday 22 September 2010, 9:46AMProspective Southern District Health Board candidates were thrown a few curly questions yesterday by the audience at the only public meeting for Otago hopefuls. Candidates' views were sought on alternative health, euthanasia, organ donations and the board's relationship with community providers, or the NGO sector.
Wednesday 22 September 2010, 9:45AMBuilding work is yet to start on the $24.4 million upgrade of Dunedin and Wakari hospital facilities because the Minister of Health has not approved the Southern District Health Board budget for this year.