Friday 03 February 2012, 3:48PMNew research has found that the veterinarian drug ketamine hydrochloride when used experimentally relieves symptoms of depression and suicidal tendencies within hours instead of the months it takes today's antidepressants to work
Friday 03 February 2012, 3:46PMIan McCrae discusses his company's growth, his view of graduates and suggests that IT should be recognised as the fourth science
Friday 03 February 2012, 3:46PMYou know the drill: the alarm pounds like a jackhammer, you've had a heavy night on the tiles and you roll into work feeling - and possibly looking - like a zombie
Friday 03 February 2012, 3:46PMWorldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated, a study reports
Friday 03 February 2012, 3:45PMThe army recruit who collapsed during a gruelling SAS training exercise is now in a critical condition in Auckland Hospital after his health deteriorated yesterday afternoon
Thursday 02 February 2012, 4:02PMToday's active 70-year-olds have brain scans that look up to 15 years younger than those of their parents' generation.
Thursday 02 February 2012, 4:00PM“Heartburn pills taken by thousands of women ‘raise risk of hip fractures by up to 50 per cent’,” the Daily Mail reported today
Thursday 02 February 2012, 4:00PMThe childhood immunisation register should be expanded to include general health information as part of efforts to protect vulnerable children, Southern District Health Board member Kaye Crowther told a health committee yesterday
Thursday 02 February 2012, 3:59PMWhat you think about your illness matters just as much, if not more, in determining your health according to a new report by researchers from The University of Auckland and King’s College London
Thursday 02 February 2012, 11:13AMParents are being warned children are 50 times more likely to be abused when unrelated adults are living in their home
Thursday 02 February 2012, 10:52AMAbout one in seven people diagnosed with lung cancer report that they keep smoking, as do one in 11 colorectal cancer patients, despite smoking reducing the effectiveness of their treatment and significantly increasing the chances that the cancer will kill them
Wednesday 01 February 2012, 4:43PMPutting non-slip socks on the feet of unsteady patients has helped to cut serious falls by more than half at the Counties Manukau District Health Board
Wednesday 01 February 2012, 4:42PMA single diagnostic scanner for both Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes districts is expected to be the hot topic at a forum of primary and secondary care clinicians on February 24
Wednesday 01 February 2012, 12:18PMThe Southern General Practice Network says doctor shortages in the New South Wales south east continue to be a major concern
Wednesday 01 February 2012, 12:17PMA mother who died while giving birth to her daughter at her Melbourne home was a strong advocate for home-births, declaring in a government submission that she would be have no choice but to have an unassisted birth at home if midwives were not legally protected
Wednesday 01 February 2012, 12:16PMThe Southern District Health Board has established an advisory committee to guide planning for changes to how the elderly receive care
Wednesday 01 February 2012, 12:16PMThe European Union's food safety watchdog has been asked to assess the health risks posed by a new virus that has infected animals in Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium
Wednesday 01 February 2012, 12:15PMA United Nations scientific committee investigating the effects of radiation from last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan says the overall health impact appears to have been relatively small