Nominations open soon for the inaugural NZ Primary Healthcare Awards
The Health Media Ltd and the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand Inc are thrilled to announce the inaugural New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora.
The prestigious awards, which supersede the highly...
New data shows cost as the main barrier to accessing health services
The data is part of the new Atlas of Healthcare Variation on health service access released by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
It aims to understand patients’ experience of accessing and using health services...
Antibiotics are harmless – a “common fallacy”
Healthcare professionals and the public alike are being urged to consider the use of antibiotics this winter.
University of Auckland associate professor of infectious diseases Dr Mark Thomas said we all needed to be mindful...
Social media companies like Facebook amplify vaccination fears, scientists say
Online tech companies such as Facebook and Google need to do more to prevent the spread of misinformation around vaccines, a group of scientists say.
A report, called The Salzburg Statement on Vaccination Acceptance, said...
Q&A: Dr Mark Ware – In favour of medicinal cannabis
Health Central asks pain specialist Dr Mark Ware, Chief Medical Officer of Canopy Growth, the largest cannabis grower in the world about his views on the benefits and risks and future of medicinal cannabis.
What...
Medsafe consults on plans to include allergens on labelling
'May contain traces of nuts.'
You see these words regularly on food packaging, and something similar could soon be on your medicine.
Medsafe has opened a public consultation on plans to introduce new labelling requirements for...
Faye Flam: Healthy living can’t prevent cancer
Comment:
Recent news that random bad luck plays a big role in cancer has been misinterpreted as bad news, when it's actually very useful in helping humanity understand what cancer is and what can be...
$1.2m funding for allergy and asthma prevention research
Asthma prevalence in New Zealand is amongst the highest in the world and there is no cure or effective prevention.
A grant from the Health Research Council of New Zealand’s annual project funding round will...
Kiwis more pro-choice than global counterparts
The majority of Kiwis are supportive of a woman's right to choose abortion, according to two recent surveys.
A recent Ipsos Global Advisor Study, including more than 500 New Zealanders, probed varying attitudes towards abortion...
Northland senior citizen irate as flu vaccine runs out
A senior citizen in Northland who can not access flu vaccine say it's a bit of a joke for the government to advise people to get immunised when there aren't any vaccines available.
Christopher Graham...
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Opinion: Hope is the key
In an example of conventional medicine at its worst, a patient of mine recently had her beautiful hope dashed.
This inspiring young mum of two...
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