Health lobbyists clash over push to regulate e-cigarettes as quit smoking aid
Hāpai Te Hauora has criticised the Asthma foundation for scaremongering as lobbying pressure builds over how e-cigarettes will be regulated by the new Government.
Recognition of addiction practitioners under new Substances Act welcomed
Registered addiction practitioners have been signed off by the Health Minister to be regarded as health professionals under the new Substance Addiction Act, says their association and registration body.
Top doc backs calls for reduced liquor hours in Northland’s Far North district
Cutting back liquor sale hours could reduce the Far North's high level of alcohol-related harm, a public health expert says.
Child health advocates welcome Families Package – bill being debated in the House today
Advocates for children’s health and wellbeing have generally welcomed the Government’s Families Package as taking first steps to reducing preventable health problems linked to poverty.
Goodbye tax cuts but Labour’s families package expected to halve child poverty
Labour's Families Package will kick in from July next year and is forecast to almost halve the number of children living in poverty.
Medical marijuana should be available for patients: World Health Organisation
The World Health Organisation has declared that CBD - the relaxant property of cannabis used in medical marijuana - should not be a scheduled drug.
NZ blood service defends gay men donation policy
The New Zealand Blood Service has no plans to change deferral periods for gay men wanting to donate.
MPs takes sides as euthanasia bill heads to vote
MPs could vote today on a bill to legalise voluntary euthanasia and while MPs are split on it, Act leader David Seymour is optimistic it will pass its first reading.
New Zealand to restrict surgical mesh use from New Year
New Zealand is following Australia in 'banning' the use of surgical mesh for pelvic prolapses and stress incontinence - a move that follows strong protests for many years from women who have suffered from mesh injuries.
Opinion: Michael Baker – Inquiry highlights “erosion” in national public health capacity
The hard-hitting Havelock North inquiry report should be grabbed as an opportunity to review and rebuild public health capacity nationwide, argues Public Health Professor Michael Baker.
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