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You can go out for a forage, sniffing the crisp autumn morning air, and come back having found nothing but the play of early light on the leaves rustling underfoot and a headful of thoughts or dreams.

There are certain truisms to be found at the conference coalface, the first – you are going to encounter someone whose name you do not remember

Jenny Carryer envisages a new direction for primary healthcare, focusing on health promotion, education and maintenance

Health sector inequities lead governments towards a prescriptive approach and the setting of targets and standards, though this can lead to resistance and angst, writes Tim Tenbensel

Too hard to understand, too shaky on scientific grounds, the pyramid of healthy eating has outlived its usefulness

GP registrar Narae Song has been tasked by the college with judging her own competencies, and decides to deal first with her foot-in-mouth tendency  

Why the big price ticket on hearing aids when the technology is cheap, wonders Jim Vause 

Practice manager and nurse Heidi Bubendorfer looks at the positive effects of patient portals and the often-overlooked benefits of video conferencing for increasing access to healthcare

It was the crack of dawn, on rainy Auckland morning, but made all the brighter by my foray into the Little Bird Kitchen in Ponsonby, for a breakfast event

Before a final exam rounding off five years of study, TGOB goes walking the streets at midnight