Friday 31 August 2012, 11:43AMHovercraft technology is being used at Palmerston North Hospital to help lift heavy patients
Friday 31 August 2012, 11:41AMCentral Otago's first CT scanner should be operating at Dunstan Hospital by March and the proponents are confident they will find all the funding needed for the million-dollar project
Friday 31 August 2012, 11:39AMPatients suffering from
respiratory problems are taking part in a groundbreaking and potentially life-saving project which allows doctors to monitor them remotely through a body patch
Friday 31 August 2012, 11:29AMSmoking more than 20 cigarettes a day doubles the risk of a potentially fatal brain bleed as a result of a burst aneurysm, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Friday 31 August 2012, 11:26AMAlcohol will remain on sale to people aged 18 and 19 after a conscience vote in Parliament
Friday 31 August 2012, 11:26AMThe death of a respected teacher on a Palmerston North Hospital operating table could not have been predicted, a coroner has ruled
Friday 31 August 2012, 10:58AMSummary of district health board performance against the health targets for the fourth quarter 2011/12
Thursday 30 August 2012, 4:01PMThe nurse who blew the whistle on former Bundaberg surgeon Dr Jayant Patel has described her distress amid the uncertainty of a
possible retrial after his recent release.
Thursday 30 August 2012, 12:30PM...At the current time there is no evidence that eating Marmite, other dietary sources of vitamin B3, or vitamin B3 supplements, could treat or prevent bacterial infections in humans.
Thursday 30 August 2012, 11:40AMSouth Canterbury District Health Board staff are continuing to work from Timaru Hospital's Gardens Block. Staff working in the north end of the building were evacuated last month after an engineer's report warned that the end of the six-storey building could suffer a catastrophic collapse in a severe earthquake
Thursday 30 August 2012, 11:39AMThe Waikato District Health Board has been ordered to again apologise to the family of an elderly patient whose records were wrongly filled out multiple times.
Thursday 30 August 2012, 11:38AMThe Bay of Plenty District Health Board's results for this year's health targets have been released. The Minister of Health's targets for quarter four 2011/12 show the board failed in meeting the 95 per cent target for immunisation of two-year-old children.
Thursday 30 August 2012, 11:38AMGP receptionists are supposed to inform patients wanting to register with a GP about the Compass Health GP Waiting list enquiry phone line says Ken Lewis.
Wednesday 29 August 2012, 11:55AMJust one alcoholic drink a day may increase the risk of cancer, according to a new study, which estimates that light drinking is responsible for 34,000 deaths a year worldwide.
Wednesday 29 August 2012, 11:54AMA Marmite ingredient could help doctors defeat the MRSA superbug, research suggests.
Wednesday 29 August 2012, 11:53AMAs well as being in India to follow our beloved Phoenix, Jo and I have been visiting one of our Morgan Foundation foreign aid projects in Bangladesh and it has been a very special opportunity to see the on-the-ground work of one of our most special, Kiwi Heroes.
Wednesday 29 August 2012, 11:34AMYoung Maori and Pacific females are most at risk of developing unhealthy weight-loss habits and warrant closer monitoring by clinicians, new research suggests.
Wednesday 29 August 2012, 11:33AMFormer Southern District Health Board chief executive Brian Rousseau is leaving his high flying Adelaide health job to set up his own consulting business.
Wednesday 29 August 2012, 11:32AMAn increasing number of patients are seeking treatment at Auckland hospital doors, but beds are running out and the Government purse has snapped firmly shut
Wednesday 29 August 2012, 11:32AMClaire Sword was unable to breastfeed her baby boy, but still anticipated a free meal as she sat beside his hospital bed. Other mothers were fed, but Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) rules denied her a free meal because she bottlefed her
Tuesday 28 August 2012, 10:24AMAustralian medical researchers want New Zealand to adopt a surgical mortality audit that is already believed to have saved numerous lives on the operating table
Tuesday 28 August 2012, 10:24AMHealth Hawke’s Bay – Te Oranga Hawke’s Bay today announced a region-wide campaign offering women FREE smear tests
Tuesday 28 August 2012, 10:23AMUsing small nets to extract blood clots from patients' brains may be the future of stroke care, according to two studies
Tuesday 28 August 2012, 10:22AMTimaru surgeon Samiuela Tonga has had to cease work after his practising certificate expired
Monday 27 August 2012, 10:08AMA study showing children who undergo anaesthesia before the age of three may have an increased risk of developing language and abstract reasoning problems shows the issue needs more investigation, says a Waikato paediatric specialist
Monday 27 August 2012, 10:07AMPrime Minister John Key has backed away from his comments about euthanasia, saying his language on the sensitive issue was "a bit sloppy"
Monday 27 August 2012, 10:07AMThe distraught friend of a Christchurch teenager who died after huffing butane watched in horror as members of the public tried unsuccessfully to revive the 17-year-old at a suburban park
Monday 27 August 2012, 10:06AMA tobacco factory in Petone is continuing to hand out free cigarettes to its workers, even as health authorities investigate the practice
Monday 27 August 2012, 10:06AMThe number of southerners with the sexually-transmitted disease gonorrhoea has spiked but health experts are baffled as to why
Monday 27 August 2012, 10:06AMMore than half the drivers taken to hospital after causing a crash were found to have drugs in their system, a study has found
Monday 27 August 2012, 10:05AMA Gisborne District Councillor plans to take action to help the region lose the title as the STD capital of New Zealand
Monday 27 August 2012, 10:04AMAn appeals court has upheld a decision barring the US Government from requiring tobacco companies to put large, graphic warnings on cigarette packages to show that smoking can disfigure and even kill
Friday 24 August 2012, 2:59PMA Wellington company's software that makes cancer screening cheaper and more accurate will now be used permanently in New Zealand for the first time.
Friday 24 August 2012, 2:58PMJob burnout can strike workers in nearly any field, but a new study finds that doctors are at special risk
Friday 24 August 2012, 2:57PMOne in three New Zealanders have been harmed by their own alcohol drinking, a survey shows
Friday 24 August 2012, 2:56PMThe gap between rich and poor has grown to its widest ever point, because low incomes are flat while top incomes have been going up
Friday 24 August 2012, 2:55PMA nanoparticle developed at Rice University and tested in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) may bring great benefits to the emergency treatment of brain-injury victims, even those with mild injuries
Friday 24 August 2012, 2:54PMHumans are pretty odd animals. Any list of our odd features would be a long one, but menopause would have to come in right near the top
Thursday 23 August 2012, 2:34PMA former New Plymouth man has failed in his appeal to get ACC cover for extensive health problems he blames on dioxins from agri-chemical plant Ivon Watkins-Dow.
Thursday 23 August 2012, 10:27AMAn independent investigation into ACC, prompted by revelations of a mass privacy breach, is expected to condemn the corporation's culture and processes