ACC urges parents to limit kids’ sports after massive surge in injuries
A dramatic rise in the number of kids being injured playing organised sports has sparked warnings for parents to limit how much sport their kids participate in each week.
Experts fear kids are doing too...
Do you have ‘wine face?’ Tell-tale signs alcohol is ageing you
It's not just a ruddy snout and red cheeks that suggest someone might be overindulging in alcohol.
A UK facialist and nutritionist has revealed to the Daily Mail there are several tell-tale signs your wine...
Estimating calorie content not clear-cut for all
Lead author of the University of Otago study, Dr Mei Peng says inaccurate judgements about food energy and/or portion size can lead to overeating and subsequent weight problems.
“It is very important to understand how people make...
Meningitis-related hearing loss leaves more children requiring cochlear implants
ENT surgeon and chairperson of the Northern Cochlear Implant Programme Advisory Group, Michel Neeff says the programme undertook a review after they noted "a dramatic spike" in referrals for children who had become deaf...
Dangerous Decibels course teaches importance of protecting hearing
Dangerous Decibels training is back, and will enable the 16 Dangerous Decibels Educators to run training in colleges, schools and kindergartens on the dangers of excess noise, the irrevocable damage to hearing it can...
Report finds stillbirths significantly reduced over last 10 years
The rate of stillbirths is reducing for Māori and NZ European mothers, a report by the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) has found.
The PMMRC is an independent committee that reviews deaths of...
Supporting Māori communities during Mental Health Awareness Week 2019
The Mental Health Foundation theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 is ‘Explore Your Way to Wellbeing. Whāia te ara hauora, whitiora’
The Māori public health team from Hāpai Te Hauora will be facilitating workshops...
Air pollution may enter the placenta
In a small study of 28 women, researchers in Belgium have found black carbon particles on the foetal side of the placenta in women exposed to air pollution during pregnancy. These particles are released...
‘Still Me’ campaign to mark Alzheimer’s Awareness Month this September
At just 57 years old, Amrita Francis’ world turned upside down, with an early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis that within five years would heavily affect her memory and ability to work.
Now at 62 years old, ex-music...
Scientists warn vaping can damage the heart
E-cigarettes may damage the heart, scientists have concluded, and have called for Public Health England (PHE) to stop recommending vaping.
Researchers looked at 38 studies into the cardiovascular impact of vaping and found worrying signs...
DR WELLNESS
More than just a ‘pill for every ill’
Dr Tracy Chandler (a.k.a. Dr Wellness) says we need to move beyond the current ‘pill for every ill’ model of general practice to a more patient-centred integrative approach.
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