Friday 24 May 2013, 2:47PMThe National Government has today announced plans to introduce a number of charter hospitals, similar to their charter school counterparts, in major population centres around the country.
Friday 24 May 2013, 2:45PMA way of creating more effective vaccines which could protect against a broad range of flu viruses has been reported by US researchers.
Friday 24 May 2013, 2:44PMKiwi parents reaching for the chickenpox vaccine are out of luck as the national medical cabinet is bare.
Friday 24 May 2013, 2:42PMOrganisers behind the proposed West Otago Health Centre have met their $2.6 million target after receiving a $1 million grant from the Clutha District Council yesterday.
Thursday 23 May 2013, 3:23PMHealth Secretary Jeremy Hunt had a landmark year in 2004.
Thursday 23 May 2013, 10:25AMThe surgeon at the centre of a criminal investigation into botched surgery has resigned
Thursday 23 May 2013, 10:25AMA 33-year-old Polish man has received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors say is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation
Thursday 23 May 2013, 10:24AMSouthern South Island researchers who have made outstanding contributions to health were celebrated in Dunedin this week.
Thursday 23 May 2013, 10:24AMHealth Minister Tony Ryall has given district health boards the hard word on cutting waiting times for diagnostic tests
Wednesday 22 May 2013, 2:18PMThe Southern District Health Board has been accused of inaccurately presenting the situation faced by the Otago Fertility Service in its bid to outsource the service.
Wednesday 22 May 2013, 2:17PMA second Southland woman with breast cancer says her long wait to see a specialist has stretched to nine weeks.
Wednesday 22 May 2013, 2:15PMDunedin Hospital's theatre block may be old but step into theatre nine and you are transported into the modern world of the latest in surgical technology.
Tuesday 21 May 2013, 12:08PMAsthmatic patients synthesized much higher levels of IL-17A and IL-22 than nonasthmatic control subjects, with patients with SR asthma expressing the highest levels of IL-17A.
Tuesday 21 May 2013, 12:07PMConvicted fraudster Michael Swann's bid for parole has been delayed by a supporter who threatened the Parole Board in an "extraordinary and inappropriate" letter, the board says.
Tuesday 21 May 2013, 12:07PMA controversial new ad campaign featuring heavily pregnant boys is being used to try and reduce the number of unplanned teen pregnancies.
Tuesday 21 May 2013, 12:06PMThe growing number of female senior medical professionals entering the workforce is exacerbating a much larger problem - not enough people are graduating from medical schools in New Zealand.
Tuesday 21 May 2013, 12:06PMPrime Minister John Key says a new law that pays family members for looking after their disabled relatives is constitutional, even though it prevents legal action by new claimants
Tuesday 21 May 2013, 9:43AMA mental health patient who killed himself was put off seeking hospital treatment because he was not allowed to smoke onsite, a lawyer leading a judicial review application on smoking in hospitals says
Monday 20 May 2013, 10:48AMMinister Steven Joyce is sure the 10 new National Science Challenges are a turning point for Kiwi science. Yet a prominent professor thinks it's too middle-of-the-road, Jamie Morton reports
Monday 20 May 2013, 10:48AMAn increasing number of female medical specialists is putting district health boards under growing pressure because women work less than men, a senior doctors' advocate says.
Monday 20 May 2013, 10:47AMThe Minister of Labour is rejecting accusations that the Government's commitment to improving workplace health and safety is hollow.
Monday 20 May 2013, 10:47AMBreathing difficulties during sleep may be an early warning sign of future Alzheimer's disease, researchers believe
Monday 20 May 2013, 10:46AMDoctors' worries over being undercut means free care for under-6s unavailable after hours
Friday 17 May 2013, 12:20PMVast databases of patient and doctor information being used by drug makers let them know which medications a physician is prescribing and how that compares to colleagues
Friday 17 May 2013, 12:13PMHuman cloning has been used to produce early embryos, marking a "significant step" for medicine, say US scientists.
Friday 17 May 2013, 12:11PMCommunity concern about plans to cut Stratford's publicly funded physiotherapy services later this month have caused the Taranaki District Health Board to back down and bring the service in-house
Friday 17 May 2013, 12:10PMThe number of children and young people being referred to specialist mental health services in Canterbury has skyrocketed as their parents and teachers struggle to cope with the effects of the region's earthquakes, the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) says.
Thursday 16 May 2013, 11:11AMAn Australian doctor is using her experience of her father's dementia to help other people keep their brains healthy.
Thursday 16 May 2013, 11:10AMPatients at an acute Wellington mental health clinic should only be discharged with an extensive plan about future risks after a woman was found dead just weeks after being released, a coroner has ruled
Thursday 16 May 2013, 11:10AM Philadelphia doctor was sent to prison today to serve three life terms without parole for murdering babies during late-term abortions and other crimes at his squalid clinic.
Wednesday 15 May 2013, 4:08PMWe recently isolated Akkermansia muciniphila, which is a mucin-degrading bacterium that resides in the mucus layer. The presence of this bacterium inversely correlates with body weight in rodents and humans.
Wednesday 15 May 2013, 3:52PMScientist Sir Ray Avery plans to trial a medical wristband in October that he believes will revolutionise in-home patient monitoring.
Wednesday 15 May 2013, 11:44AMA campaign group set up to fight service cuts at Wairau Hospital has called on members of the public to attend the next Nelson Marlborough District Health Board meeting in Blenheim on May 2
Wednesday 15 May 2013, 11:43AMHeart disease is the single biggest killer of women in New Zealand - 48 women lose their battle with the disease every week. May is the Go Red for Women month, encouraging Kiwi women to get a heart check
Wednesday 15 May 2013, 11:42AMThey expect overall funding will rise as usual, but believe it is unlikely to be enough to address growing demand for health services
Tuesday 14 May 2013, 10:16AMThere's not enough appreciation of the Maori culture in Wanganui, says Gilbert Taurua, the Whanganui District Health Board's outgoing director of Maori health.
Tuesday 14 May 2013, 10:01AMA Gisborne grandmother awarded the highest international honour for nurses says she relishes her work in the world's war and disaster zones - but it does worry her mum
Tuesday 14 May 2013, 9:55AMThe proportion of GP visits being bulk-billed has hit a record high, with 82.4 per cent of GP services in the first three months of the year provided at no cost to the patient.
Tuesday 14 May 2013, 9:54AMChildren who aren't fed become victims and the Government has to deal with that, Prime Minister John Key says.
Tuesday 14 May 2013, 9:53AMTo US paediatricians, gun control is a public health issue, not a political one. But they're treading a fine line, and they know it.