The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) will be celebrating ‘Centuries of Care’ in the region this June.
Thursday 31 May 2012, 4:02PMMedia release from Canterbury DHB:
The celebrations are set to begin from tomorrow (June 1) to mark the 150th anniversary of Christchurch Hospital and extend to July 16, which is the 100th anniversary of Canterbury Health Laboratories
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Southern Cross steps up contracting directly with medical providers
Thursday 31 May 2012, 3:37PMMedia release from Southern Cross Healthcare Groups:
New Zealand’s largest health insurer has entered into over 120 new Affiliated Provider agreements in the last two years, and says it intends to take an even more active role in managing the rising cost of healthcare in the future
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Canterbury pharmacists authorised to prescribe, dispense NRT
Thursday 31 May 2012, 2:35PMMedia release Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand
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Quake simulator to help overcome post-traumatic stress
Thursday 31 May 2012, 2:33PMMedia release from University of Canterbury
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’Dramatic drop’ not so dramatic
Thursday 31 May 2012, 2:26PMMedia release from Methcon Group
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Drive smokefree
Thursday 31 May 2012, 2:21PMMedia release from Cancer Society of New Zealand:“Thousands of New Zealand kids will have memories of sitting in the back of the family car being blasted with second-hand, stinky, smelly, cigarette smoke"
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Quitline launches Facebook page on World Smokefree Day
Thursday 31 May 2012, 12:56PMMedia release from Quitline: Quitline has launched a new Facebook
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Under the influence of magnetic drugs
Thursday 31 May 2012, 12:21PMMedia release from University of Sydney: For more than three decades scientists have been investigating magnetic nanoparticles as a method of drug delivery
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TPPA will allow tobacco companies to sue NZ
Thursday 31 May 2012, 12:12PMMedia release from Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei: The Government should not sign us up to be sued by tobacco companies
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Time to make cars smokefree for our kids
Thursday 31 May 2012, 11:31AMMedia release from the Labour Party:World Smokefree Day is a timely reminder that New Zealand still has some way to go in reducing tobacco related harm
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Tide turns against tobacco as young Northlanders turn away
Thursday 31 May 2012, 11:22AMMedia release from Northland DHB: 2012 has seen a record jump in the number of young New Zealanders turning away from tobacco
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Arthritis - another reason to be smokefree
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 5:06PMMedia release from Athritis New Zealand:
On World Smokefree Day (31 May 2012), Arthritis New Zealand Chief Executive Sandra Kirby reminds people that rheumatoid arthritis is another reason to be smokefree.
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How useful are short-term medical missions?
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 2:40PMMedia release from The university of Sydney:
Australia is a world leader in sending medical personnel to less developed countries to assist with a variety of medical issues
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First symposium for Gut Health Network
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 1:46PMMedia release from University of Otago
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Daily smoking drops dramatically among Year 10s
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 1:41PMMedia release from West Coast DHB:
ASH Year 10 smoking survey shows that daily smoking rates among West Coasters aged 14-15 years have dropped massively in the last 12 years,
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CDHB asks for the return of unused hospital equipment
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 1:37PMMedia release from Canterbury DHB:
The Canterbury District Health Board is asking for the return of overdue hospital equipment, to ensure its hospitals are well-stocked over the winter.
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Eye Surgeons Now Can Practice with Real-World Scenario Technology
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 1:11PMMedia release from ASCRS:
New Computer-Based Simulation Technology Allows Users to Safely Practice Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery in Real World Scenarios
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Overdiagnosis poses a significant threat to human health
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 12:07PMMedia release from BMJ
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Canterbury Health System continues impressive post-quake performance
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 11:32AMMedia release from Canterbury DHB: Canterbury’s Health System continues to achieve national health targets despite ongoing quake related challenges
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Focus on family for Smokefree Day 2012
Wednesday 30 May 2012, 10:24AMMedia release from Auckland Regional Public Health Service
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Excellent result for West Coast meeting national health targets
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 3:39PMMedia release from West Coast DHB
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Solid performance in health targets results
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 3:25PMMedia release from Hawke's Bay DHB: Health targets released today (May 29) reveal more good news for Hawke’s Bay people
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PHARMAC moves to protect babies from whooping cough
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 2:56PMMedia release from Pharmac: Pharmac will extend funding to a type of antibiotic that can be used to treat and prevent pertussis in children under one
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Green’s home insulation scheme has billion dollar benefits
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 2:50PMMedia release from the Green Party:
The Green Party’s insulation scheme negotiated with National has produced more than one billion dollars in benefits for New Zealanders
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Flu shots race towards million mark
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 2:49PMMedia release from www.fightflu.co.nz: New Zealanders are taking up flu vaccination in droves this year. The number of doses distributed so far this year in New Zealand has just passed the 910,000 mark
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District Health Boards hoarding aged care provider funding
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 1:18PMMedia release from PSA and NZHHA
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BMA Scotland welcomes the Scottish Government's plans for a reduction in drink driving limits
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:36AMMedia release from BMA: BMA Scotland today [Monday 28 May 2012] welcomed reports that the Scottish Government intends to reduce the drinking driving limit in Scotland from 80mg per 100ml of blood to 50 mg
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Pfizer launches a stronger Smokefree Workplace Policy and new quit smoking resources for Kiwis on World Smokefree Day
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 9:27AMMedia release from Pfizer New Zealand
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Reaction to Coleman admitting he got it wrong
Tuesday 29 May 2012, 9:24AMMedia release from Save TVNZ 7: Dr Jonathan Coleman has admitted quoting incorrect figures to explain the closure of TVNZ 7
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NZ women have world’s worst bowel cancer death rates – avoidable with screening
Monday 28 May 2012, 4:25PMMedia release from Beat Bowel Cancer Aotearoa: New Zealand women have the highest rate of bowel cancer in the world
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Budget 2012 app popular new initiative
Monday 28 May 2012, 3:26PMMedia release from finance minister Bill English
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Maori health workforce action plan
Monday 28 May 2012, 12:08PMMedia release from Nelson Marlborough DHB:Nelson Marlborough District Health Board wants feedback on the Maori Health Workforce Action Plan
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Nurses Organisation backs Human Rights Commission report on the aged care sector
Monday 28 May 2012, 11:48AMMedia release from NZNO:The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) commends the Human Rights Commission (HRC) for its excellent report into conditions in the Aged Care sector
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Caring Counts report says sorting caregivers’ wages affordable and necessary
Monday 28 May 2012, 11:25AMMedia release from the Human Rights Commission: Affordability cannot be used an excuse to delay sorting pay inequalities for aged care workers who are being discriminated against
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Govt will consider HRC aged care recommendations
Monday 28 May 2012, 10:54AMMedia release from associate health minister Jo Goodhew
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Green Party back HRC’s aged care recommendations
Monday 28 May 2012, 9:30AMMedia release from Green Party health spokesperson Kevin
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Govt reverses asset testing policy for aged care
Friday 25 May 2012, 4:58PMMedia release from Green Party health spokesperson Kevin Hague
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The latest from the New Zealand Medical Journal
Friday 25 May 2012, 4:11PMMedia release from NZMA: The following are summaries of items appearing in the 25 May 2012 (Vol 125 No 1355) issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal, the journal of the New Zealand Medical Association
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Health’s R&D boost a welcome injection
Friday 25 May 2012, 3:41PMMedia release from Medical Technology Association of New Zealand (MTANZ)
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Grey Hospital closes laundry and boiler house
Friday 25 May 2012, 3:26PMMedia release from West Coast DHB
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