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May 2012

Otago-only home help scheme may be axed - Otago Daily Times

Thursday 31 May 2012, 2:59PM

An Otago-only scheme that gives older people greater control over their home help could be axed by the Southern District Health Board

 

Violence by young girls 'intensifying' - Stuff

Thursday 31 May 2012, 12:28PM

Teenage girls are committing more serious crimes than ever before and from a younger age, says Dr Donna Swift

 

'Lung washing' could boost transplants - BBC

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

 

Home treatment for mental health patients - The Press

Thursday 31 May 2012, 9:43AM

People suffering from a ''mental health crisis'' will soon be able to have treatment at home instead of going to Christchurch Hospital's emergency department

 

Police hail a 'dramatic drop' in the use of P - New Zealand Herald

Thursday 31 May 2012, 9:42AM

New Zealand's decade-long epidemic of methamphetamine use is finally winding down

 

Nasa team find 'new way' to spot osteoporosis - BBC

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 5:17PM

Nasa scientists believe they have found a way to spot osteoporosis bone loss at the earliest disease stages

 

Health expo for seniors - Otago Daily Times

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 1:19PM

Senior Wakatipu residents stand to benefit from a major health expo promoting "positive ageing and staying healthy" for those aged 65 years and over

 

Free GP visit to help kick smoking habit - Hawke's Bay Today

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 1:16PM

Hawke'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

 

Canty health system to change - The Press

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 1:15PM

Canterbury's health system is set for a big shake-up to keep people out of the region's hospitals

 

HRT shows why health scares can’t be trusted - Telegraph

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:48AM

For much of the past 60 years HRT has been dogged by controversy. Now a recent scare has been re-evaluated

 

Maternity funds cut 'only way'- The Southland Times

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:48AM

The Waiau Health Trust has been forced to accept reduced funding from the Southern District Health Board to run the Tuatapere Maternity Hospital

 

Govt stalls on insulation despite health benefits - Otago Daily Times

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:47AM

The 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

 

DHB steady on health targets - Taranaki Daily News

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:46AM

Latest statistics show the Taranaki District Health Board is holding its own when it comes to national health targets.

 

Smokers save Govt cash, says report - New Zealand Herald

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:46AM

A 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

 

Undercover boss slams workers' conditions - Sunday Star Times

Monday 28 May 2012, 4:14PM

She 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.

 

Drunks fill hospital emergency departments - Auckland Now

Monday 28 May 2012, 4:11PM

More 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

 

Where is the money for malaria? - Al Jazeera

Monday 28 May 2012, 3:24PM

It kills 655,000 people a year but there is a $3bn shortfall in funding

 

10 ways to save on your health insurance - Business Day

Monday 28 May 2012, 3:23PM

They 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

 

Twenty years as a non-smoker - Stuff

Monday 28 May 2012, 12:21PM

Peg Griffin celebrated her 108th birthday this week and despite smoking till she was 86 has applauded the Government's price hike for cigarettes

 

Are cesarean sections contributing to childhood obesity? - Time

Monday 28 May 2012, 10:53AM

Are 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

 

Southern ED targets static in past quarter - Otago Daily Times

Monday 28 May 2012, 10:45AM

Despite record successes at other health boards, Southern District Health Board's (SDHB) emergency department targets remained static in the past quarter

 

Found: Valuable cat with fancy taste - Dominion Post

Friday 25 May 2012, 4:28PM

A flea-ridden Persian cat with severely matted fur has been brought into the Wellington SPCA after it was found hidden under a Porirua house.

 

Toddler saved by artificial heart – Reuters

Friday 25 May 2012, 4:26PM

Italian 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.

 

Meningitis misread as flu – Stuff

Friday 25 May 2012, 4:25PM

A 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.

 

Male pill: gene discovery may lead to contraceptive - BBC

Friday 25 May 2012, 12:09PM

It may be possible to develop a new male contraceptive pill after researchers in Edinburgh identified a gene critical for the production of healthy sperm

 

Protesters prevent PM from making speech - Otago Daily Times

Friday 25 May 2012, 11:53AM

Protesters have kept Prime Minister John Key from making his first speech since yesterday's zero budget was announced

 

Doctor fined for wrongly claimed funding - New Zealand Herald

Friday 25 May 2012, 11:52AM

An 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

 

Three complaints to health commissioner - Timaru Herald

Friday 25 May 2012, 11:52AM

Three 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

 

'Health hub' thriving - Nelson Mail

Friday 25 May 2012, 11:51AM

Twenty 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

 

Victim of doctor's testicle-zap therapy says pain excruciating - New Zealand Herald

Friday 25 May 2012, 11:50AM

Zapping 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

 

Legionnaires' outbreak claims second life - Stuff

Thursday 24 May 2012, 4:38PM

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Auckland has claimed a second life and infected 16 people.

 

Waikato District Health Board on target - Waikato DHB

Thursday 24 May 2012, 12:39PM

It 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

 

Ministry to tackle carer support fraud - New Zealand Herald

Thursday 24 May 2012, 12:39PM

Changes 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

 

Palmerston North pupil in isolation with TB - Stuff

Thursday 24 May 2012, 12:38PM

A 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

 

NZ private health insurance uptake hits 6-yr low - New Zelaand Herald

Thursday 24 May 2012, 12:37PM

The 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

 

McDonald’s backing blasted by UK doctors - Medical Observer

Thursday 24 May 2012, 12:11PM

An eminent group of British doctors has criticised McDonald’s sponsorship of the Games citing the fast food company’s contribution to obesity

 

Skinny jeans could be causing nerve damage – nzherald.co.nz

Thursday 24 May 2012, 9:56AM

Skinny 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.

 

'Maternity measures increase risk levels' - Wanganui Chronicle

Wednesday 23 May 2012, 4:10PM

A 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

 

New rules likely to knock out dairy dope - New Zealand Herald

Wednesday 23 May 2012, 4:09PM

Banned synthetic cannabis blends are unlikely to be back on shelves because attempting to prove they are safe could cost millions of dollars

 

Govt 'committed' to aged care - Eastern Courier

Wednesday 23 May 2012, 4:08PM

The Government is committed to the high-quality care of older-people, Associate Minister of Health Jo Goodhew says

 
 
 




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