New nursing service strengthens support for Pacific families
A new nursing service is strengthening the support available for Porirua’s Pacific families and ensuring they can access health services in their home.
Anti-obesity programme slammed as ‘political window-dressing’
A new Budget programme will fund 15 health promotion officers to promote healthy diet and 110 physical activity advisers in schools.
Headphones and smartphones causing alarming rates of hearing loss in New Zealand kids
Kiwi kids are suffering hearing loss at alarming rates as they spend hours listening to loud music on headphones.
Budget 2019: $12m for rheumatic fever
The Government's putting $12 million into combating rheumatic fever.
Cat, horse, cow allergens found in primary school classrooms
Cats and farm animals are making their presence felt in classrooms, with allergens rubbing off children’s clothes and on to classroom carpets, researchers have found.
Working as one whānau for the success of Māori trainees
Careerforce te toi pūkenga, Access Community Health, Idea Services, and Oceania Healthcare recently celebrated the signing of Te Tiriti o te Whanaungatanga.
Measles outbreak: Number of people who have contracted virus reaches 135
Another 20 New Zealanders have contracted measles in the last week, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 135 so far this year.
Shouting to be heard: the worrying effects of noise in early childhood education services
Susan Bates raises concerns about the potentially damaging effects of the high noise levels in many early childhood education centres in New Zealand and asks: what is being done about it?
Report opens eyes to concerns over child myopia
New child myopia report highlights looming public health crisis for New Zealand children.
Two-thirds of parents say lack of time to eat well impacts their emotional and...
Nearly three quarters - 73 per cent - of all parents surveyed opt for takeaways either once or twice a week.
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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