Are pharma companies courting Kiwi nurses?
Nurses are increasingly targeted by pharmaceutical companies around the world and a Wellington academic says that understanding the complexities of marketing should be part of nursing education and healthcare policy in this country.
A recent...
Cannabis legislation outpacing medical profession
The legislative changes to allow medicinal cannabis in New Zealand are outpacing the medical and legal frameworks doctors work in, according to researchers from the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand writing in the...
Calls for action on alcohol marketing
Alcohol marketing is the subject of several letters published in the New Zealand Medical Journal.
One is on behalf of the board of the Health Coalition Aotearoa, calling for more regulation in this area.
The Advertising...
Researchers call on Govt to support heart health
Data from a cohort study of 500,000 New Zealanders have allowed more precise calculations of an individual's cardiovascular risk and researchers now say the Ministry of Health should support a national risk generator that...
Achieving health equity needs actions, not just rhetoric
A newly-released Ministry of Health publication is making sure equity is at the front and centre of all newly-commissioned work in the health sector.
To coincide with the publication, Achieving Equity in Health Outcomes: Summary of...
Report calls for action on inequities in New Zealand’s health system
A window on the quality of Aotearoa New Zealand’s health care 2019 - a view on Māori health equity, published by the Health Quality & Safety Commission, highlights a number of areas where change...
Lessons learned from health policy changes aimed at reducing inequities
In the early 2000's, the New Zealand government made some changes to health policy in an effort to iron out some of the inequities of our health system. Universal subsidies for general practice services...
Budget 2019: $12m for rheumatic fever
The Government's putting $12 million into combating rheumatic fever.
Special cafes and approved retail outlets proposed for legal cannabis market
People will vote on a proposal for a legal cannabis market in 2020 with tightly controlled rules
The end of prosecutions for drug use and possession?
Several submitters told the committee that the wording in the bill would effectively decriminalise all drug use and possession.
DR WELLNESS
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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