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Are e-cigarettes the disruptor needed to reinvigorate the decline in addictive smoking, or simply another nicotine delivery system with negative long-term impacts?

Fussy eating at the toddler stage can have long-term consequences, but it can be remedied, says dietitian Amy Lovell

The neo-liberalist policies of the 1990 National Government cost lives, says Waiuku GP and occupational medicine specialist David Black

ProCare Networks has launched a new permanent recruitment service for GPs, nurses and practice managers

Four months on from the Christchurch shooting and the daily contacts for Homecare Medical’s 1737 mental health line are still 50 per cent above normal volume. 

A woman had to be tested for transmittable diseases after a GP inserted the needle of an empty syringe into her arm, says health and disability commissioner Anthony Hill 

A Taupo GP is considering jumping ship over the stress on his practice with Lakes DHB sending all communication from outpatient clinics through the mail 

A High Court ruling that ACC should have covered a woman who died from inhaling asbestos fibres on her father’s clothing as a child, could see future sufferers receiving government-funded medication

His career has seen him dodge yellow fever, patch up bullet wounds and reconstruct faces of the dead, so it’s not surprising Jonathan Christiansen places high value on equanimity 

The Salvation Army’s first free medical clinic opens tomorrow morning and is already fully booked