Tuesday 31 July 2012, 2:43PMWellington doctors have been flooded by requests for the flu vaccination following the death of a fit and healthy mother-of-two from influenza
Tuesday 31 July 2012, 2:43PMJapanese women have fallen behind Hong Kong in global life expectancy rankings for the first time in 25 years
Tuesday 31 July 2012, 2:42PMWaikato District Health Board's Maori Health Unit says it plans to go door-knocking to find families that could benefit from free home insulation
Tuesday 31 July 2012, 2:42PMAir pollution is responsible for the premature deaths of 200 people in Auckland every year, a new report claims
Tuesday 31 July 2012, 2:41PM“Imagine if all our kids in South Auckland were healthy and happy.”
Tuesday 31 July 2012, 2:40PMAnyone living near the proposed Kapiti expressway faces significant health effects, including dozens of people with hearing aids not being able to use them, a health impact assessment says
Monday 30 July 2012, 3:22PMPatients of some doctors in the Nelson region are paying $15 to $21.50 more a visit than the lowest fee.
Monday 30 July 2012, 1:30PMThe contract between district health boards and rest home providers in New Zealand has been changed so that residents can no longer be charged double for their accommodation, after a three-year battle that started in Blenheim
Monday 30 July 2012, 1:29PMHealth Minister Tony Ryall has been told to stop listening to "spivs" and start listening to professionals
Monday 30 July 2012, 1:28PMMelbourne researchers say they have discovered the atomic structure of an anti-bacterial viral protein that could be used as an alternative to antibiotics
Monday 30 July 2012, 1:26PMGlitches in patient identity details for Australia's new e-health system have been found in about a third of cases nationally, according to a report the federal Health Department refuses to release
Monday 30 July 2012, 1:26PMAfter watching his fit and healthy wife die within days of getting a tickle in her throat, Mark McIlroy is urging people to get vaccinated against the flu
Monday 30 July 2012, 1:25PMAugustine Languna's eyes welled up and then his voice failed as he recalled the drowning death of his 16-year-old daughter. The women near him looked away, respectfully avoiding the kind of raw emotion that the head of the family rarely displayed
Friday 27 July 2012, 1:18PMMercy Ships is a charity that operates the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship
Friday 27 July 2012, 1:17PMThe first child to have pioneering surgery to rebuild his windpipe with his own stem cells is doing well and is back in school
Friday 27 July 2012, 1:16PMA pharmacist in Palmerston says that he signed a new contract - which he believes will spell trouble for the sector - because he was bullied into accepting its conditions by the Southern District Health Board
Friday 27 July 2012, 1:15PMHealthy pro-euthanasia pensioners would rather cut their lives short than be a financial drain on society, a study shows
Friday 27 July 2012, 1:14PMA Southland school closed for the day after influenza struck three-quarters of its students
Friday 27 July 2012, 1:13PMPartly by adding its sums differently, the Southern District Health Board has wiped up to $2.8 million off its deficit
Thursday 26 July 2012, 2:48PMMaori and Pacific Island teens are scrubbing up to help at Auckland Hospital as they preview careers in medicine
Thursday 26 July 2012, 2:47PMA group of Indian nurses are on hunger strike, saying they are prepared to die unless injustices against them are righted
Thursday 26 July 2012, 10:28AMThe Apple iPad is capable of allowing physicians to review Magnetic Resonance images of spinal emergencies, according to a study in the August issue of the journal Academic Radiology
Thursday 26 July 2012, 10:28AMiRobot and InTouch Health unveiled a human-sized robot that allows clinicians and nurses to remotely communicate and evaluate a hospital patient's health
Thursday 26 July 2012, 10:27AMThe family of a girl left severely disabled after a medical misadventure are digging in for a new long-range battle with the Accident Compensation Corporation after it slashed overseas care payments by almost half
Thursday 26 July 2012, 10:27AMA scam involving the Cystic Fibrosis Association is doing the rounds in Otago and South Canterbury, and causing concern for the organisation
Thursday 26 July 2012, 10:26AMDesperately needed overseas medical staff are opting for lucrative short-term contracts instead of filling permanent roles because of strict regulatory requirements, say senior Waikato health executives
Thursday 26 July 2012, 10:26AMHealth officials are keeping fingers crossed that outbreaks of influenza, which have spiked in a couple of other cities, are not repeated in Wanganui
Wednesday 25 July 2012, 9:27AMAssociate Health Minister Tariana Turia says she feels the United States is putting pressure on New Zealand regarding the plain-packaging of tobacco
Wednesday 25 July 2012, 9:22AMA pro-life group says the Southern District Health Board tried to fly under the radar with its decision to go ahead with an abortion service in Invercargill
Wednesday 25 July 2012, 9:21AMA respite care home which failed to provide a secure environment for an 11-year-old autistic boy who escaped and drowned in a duck pond, has been found at fault by the New Zealand health watchdog
Wednesday 25 July 2012, 9:21AMAbout 40 patients have become ill with a stomach bug at several Auckland health facilities
Wednesday 25 July 2012, 9:20AMSix months ago, researchers at UCLA published a study that showed using a specific type of yoga to engage in a brief, simple daily meditation reduced the stress levels of people who care for those stricken by Alzheimer’s and dementia. Now they know why
Tuesday 24 July 2012, 1:11PMPrime Minister John Key has admitted that enforcing plain packaging on cigarette packets was not a "slam-dunk" policy due to the risk of legal challenges from tobacco giants and tobacco-producing countries
Tuesday 24 July 2012, 1:09PMThe death of a 2-day-old girl has prompted hospital staff to change their care of mothers breast-feeding in bed, a coroner's inquest has heard
Tuesday 24 July 2012, 1:08PMTimaru Hospital is experiencing higher levels than normal of sickness among staff this winter with 460 sick days taken last month
Tuesday 24 July 2012, 1:07PMThe Southern District Health Board (SDHB) has embraced recommendations for the future of health services in the Wakatipu and is making positive progress in working through them, the National Health Board (NHB) says
Tuesday 24 July 2012, 1:07PMOne of the promoters of a natural therapy service being trialled at Wanganui Hospital said some of the reaction to the project was predictable
Tuesday 24 July 2012, 1:06PMChildren today are more depressed than they were at the height of the Great Depression, researchers say, and second-hand stress is a major culprit
Tuesday 24 July 2012, 1:05PMPalmerston North Hospital's emergency department is yet to see an influx of patients with winter colds and flu, but staff are ready for it
Tuesday 24 July 2012, 1:04PMThe Gillard government knowingly launched the national e-health records system despite warnings from its own e-health agency that it had more than 60 high-severity and critical bugs