Uncontrolled online marketing of e-cigarettes putting youth at risk, study finds
Only 10 per cent of New Zealand websites selling vaping products require proof of age before purchase, researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington, have found.
In an article published in today’s New Zealand Medical...
Fewer Kiwis will die of bowel cancer if new screening tool introduced
Introducing flexible sigmoidoscopy screening into the national bowel screening programme would significantly reduce both the incidence and mortality of bowel cancer in New Zealand, new University of Otago research reveals.
The number of bowel cancer...
Alexa, Google Home for communication, navigation and now healthcare management
A fridge that detects when medications are getting low and orders repeat prescriptions and reminders on digital assistants such as an Alexa to take your pills could just be months away.
Add to that a...
Government opens Suicide Prevention Office
The Government has officially opened the country's first-ever Suicide Prevention Office and has also announced an extra $12 million in funding for Māori and Pacific suicide prevention.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the office was...
Thousands more people to get mental health training
The Government has announced up to 12,000 more people will receive mental health training over the next four years.
Making the announcement in South Auckland today, Health Minister David Clark said more than 300 nurses...
At least a third of kids are vaping – principals
High-decile schools say at least a third of their students are trying vaping - and they want quick action to regulate it.
The Secondary Principals' Association and 36 individual principals of mainly high-decile schools have...
Scientific conference at EIT brings leading nutritionists together
The 2019 Nutrition Society of New Zealand Conference will be hosted by the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) this Thursday and Friday, 28th and 29th November, at the EIT. 130 delegates will be attending.
This...
Funding announced for new mental health facility
MidCentral DHB welcomes Government funding of $30m to upgrade the Adult Inpatient Acute Mental Health facility at Palmerston North Hospital.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Health Dr David Clark announced the funding package...
Call for a new funded palliative care model as more Kiwis admitted to rest...
Increasing pressure on both public hospitals and hospices is resulting in more patients being “admitted-to-die” into aged residential care facilities (rest homes), which are not typically set up to provide specialist palliative care services.
As...
Lung cancer genetic mutation screening could save lives – doctors
By Meriana Johnsen of RNZ
Lives are being needlessly cut short because there's no universal testing for a type of lung cancer mutation, cancer patient advocates say.
About 8 percent of advanced lung cancer patients have the...
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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