Thursday 31 May 2012, 2:59PMAn Otago-only scheme that gives older people greater control over their home help could be axed by the Southern District Health Board
Thursday 31 May 2012, 12:28PMTeenage girls are committing more serious crimes than ever before and from a younger age, says Dr Donna Swift
Thursday 31 May 2012, 10:37AM"Washing" lungs before they are transplanted could increase numbers of the organs suitable for donation, according to doctors in Newcastle
Thursday 31 May 2012, 9:43AMPeople suffering from a ''mental health crisis'' will soon be able to have treatment at home instead of going to Christchurch Hospital's emergency department
Thursday 31 May 2012, 9:42AMNew Zealand's decade-long epidemic of methamphetamine use is finally winding down
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 5:17PMNasa scientists believe they have found a way to spot osteoporosis bone loss at the earliest disease stages
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 1:19PMSenior Wakatipu residents stand to benefit from a major health expo promoting "positive ageing and staying healthy" for those aged 65 years and over
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 1:16PMHawke's Bay smokers will get their first visit to a registered family doctor or nurse for free during June to help them quit the habit
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 1:15PMCanterbury's health system is set for a big shake-up to keep people out of the region's hospitals
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:48AMFor much of the past 60 years HRT has been dogged by controversy. Now a recent scare has been re-evaluated
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:48AMThe Waiau Health Trust has been forced to accept reduced funding from the Southern District Health Board to run the Tuatapere Maternity Hospital
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:47AMThe Government has not committed any new money to a housing insulation scheme despite reports showing it had provided $1.2 billion in health benefits - a four-fold return on its funding
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:46AMLatest statistics show the Taranaki District Health Board is holding its own when it comes to national health targets.
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:46AMA Treasury report has admitted that smoking saves the Government money because smokers die earlier and pay more in tobacco tax than their health problems cost
Monday 28 May 2012, 4:14PMShe is the real undercover boss. Human Rights Commission equal employment opportunities commissioner Dr Judy McGregor worked undercover in the elderly care industry and her report slams the sector as a type of modern-day slavery.
Monday 28 May 2012, 4:11PMMore than 3500 people had to be treated at Auckland's emergency departments because of alcohol-related issues during the past financial year and it was a major factor in six deaths
Monday 28 May 2012, 3:24PMIt kills 655,000 people a year but there is a $3bn shortfall in funding
Monday 28 May 2012, 3:23PMThey say that you can't put a price on health. As usual, they're wrong – it's somewhere in the range of $400 to $3000 a year
Monday 28 May 2012, 12:21PMPeg Griffin celebrated her 108th birthday this week and despite smoking till she was 86 has applauded the Government's price hike for cigarettes
Monday 28 May 2012, 10:53AMAre cesarean sections contributing to childhood obesity? - Time
A new study finds that babies born by c-section are twice as likely to be obese by age 3 as those delivered vaginally
Monday 28 May 2012, 10:45AMDespite record successes at other health boards, Southern District Health Board's (SDHB) emergency department targets remained static in the past quarter
Friday 25 May 2012, 4:28PMA flea-ridden Persian cat with severely matted fur has been brought into the Wellington SPCA after it was found hidden under a Porirua house.
Friday 25 May 2012, 4:26PMItalian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant.
Friday 25 May 2012, 4:25PMA Feilding woman living with partial brain damage after ambulance officers mistook meningitis for the flu is still struggling with the financial cost of her life-threatening illness nine months later.
Friday 25 May 2012, 12:09PMIt may be possible to develop a new male contraceptive pill after researchers in Edinburgh identified a gene critical for the production of healthy sperm
Friday 25 May 2012, 11:53AMProtesters have kept Prime Minister John Key from making his first speech since yesterday's zero budget was announced
Friday 25 May 2012, 11:52AMAn Auckland doctor has been censured and ordered to pay $25,000 for claiming government funding as the lead maternity carer for patients, when he was not
Friday 25 May 2012, 11:52AMThree complaints relating to South Canterbury District Health Board (SCDHB) services were made to the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) between July and December 2011, two more than the previous six-month period
Friday 25 May 2012, 11:51AMTwenty years ago Jack Inglis joined forces with a few friends to try and stop the Health Ministry from selling the former 12-bed Motueka Community Hospital
Friday 25 May 2012, 11:50AMZapping a teenage boy on the testicles with an electric shock machine because he was considered naughty was an act far outside normal practice, a medical academic told police
Thursday 24 May 2012, 4:38PMAn outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Auckland has claimed a second life and infected 16 people.
Thursday 24 May 2012, 12:39PMIt might need to "land a jumbo jet on a pinhead" but, in just over five weeks, Waikato District Health Board will have no patients waiting longer than six months for treatment
Thursday 24 May 2012, 12:39PMChanges to carer support payments are being considered to tackle a fraud problem that has cost the health system more than $1 million in the past four years
Thursday 24 May 2012, 12:38PMA 15-year-old Freyberg High School pupil is in isolation in Palmerston North Hospital after contracting tuberculosis, and others he has been in contact with could be tested for the contagious disease
Thursday 24 May 2012, 12:37PMThe number of kiwis taking out private healthcare insurance has fallen to the lowest level in more than six years, keeping the level of cover below the OECD average, as a weak economy and rising general insurance costs dent demand
Thursday 24 May 2012, 12:11PMAn eminent group of British doctors has criticised McDonald’s sponsorship of the Games citing the fast food company’s contribution to obesity
Thursday 24 May 2012, 9:56AMSkinny jeans could actually be bad for your health with warnings from a US doctor that fans of the leg-hugging denim could be causing serious nerve damage.
Wednesday 23 May 2012, 4:10PMA midwife says vital continuity of care will end for a large number of birthing mothers if the proposed regional women's health plan covering Whanganui and MidCentral district health boards is implemented
Wednesday 23 May 2012, 4:09PMBanned synthetic cannabis blends are unlikely to be back on shelves because attempting to prove they are safe could cost millions of dollars
Wednesday 23 May 2012, 4:08PMThe Government is committed to the high-quality care of older-people, Associate Minister of Health Jo Goodhew says