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$1m window into human body
Amillion-dollar microscope has allowed Kiwi scientists an unparalleled window into the human body, shining a new light on everything from Parkinson's to irregular heartbeats.
Amillion-dollar microscope has allowed Kiwi scientists an unparalleled window into the human body, shining a new light on everything from Parkinson's to irregular heartbeats.
Fertility Associates, the country's largest fertility services provider, has opened its first clinic in Malaysia.
The cost of new "generic" versions of Herceptin and other such pharmaceuticals looks likely to become a casualty of the TPP agreement, writes George Laking.
Prostate operations become safer and painless with more accurate, powerful device.
A doctor who quit the United States amid controversy over an alleged affair with a patient had already been working in Hamilton for a month.
A doctor who gave up his medical licence in the United States while under scrutiny for alleged professional misconduct is now working in Hamilton.
The medical workforce is becoming increasingly feminised, the Medical Council 2012 doctor workforce released yesterday shows.
Nearly 100 graduates have missed out on jobs in Auckland hospitals because of a recruitment drive by northern health boards to attract foreign doctors.
Bringing peace of mind to 50 million people worldwide by 2030 is the ambitious aim of Auckland company MoleMap.
A "life-changing" new drug designed to treat the hepatitis C virus can almost treble the cure rate for patients, studies have shown.
Western Australia is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars flying in surgeons, nurses and doctors from as far away as Oman to cover shifts in remote and rural areas.
There's a saying in autism circles that a worried mother does better research than the FBI.
The Kiwi baby stranded in Shanghai after being born three months early is growing stronger each day.
Robbie Ritchie never imagined he could raise enough money for an expensive lifesaving surgery in just six weeks.
Women at Auckland City Hospital will be given a version of the men's erection pill Viagra in the first comparison trial of the medicine to treat a pregnancy complication.
Geraldine Rees says she would consider taking Viagra if faced with a re-run of her horror pregnancy with her daughter Cerys.
Voltaren and other forms of diclofenac carry a risk of cardiovascular events including heart attacks and strokes, Medsafe has warned.
Northland doctor Lance O'Sullivan says his upbringing helped drive his efforts to lift the quality of healthcare for Maori.
The family of Zachary Gravatt, who died of meningococcal disease at Auckland City Hospital, have received a payment "in recognition of their losses".
Years of hard work will finally come to fruition for New Zealand biotechnology outfit Pacific Edge when, on Monday, the company's sales team will hit the road in the United States, the world's biggest healthcare market.
Robbie Ritchie's children are used to seeing their father having violent seizures. But what they don't know is that he could die at any time.
Two years ago, at the beginning of the violence in Syria, I was asked to write a blog in the British Medical Journal on behalf of Medecins Sans Frontieres.
A Dutch company called Emotional Brain claims early trials of a new drug, Lybrido, show promise for women in the treatment of loss of sexual desire and that "pink Viagra" could be on the market as early as 2016.
Millions of arthritis sufferers could be increasing their risk of a heart attack or stroke by more than a third by taking large doses of drugs such as ibuprofen, one of the largest studies of painkillers reveals.
An Auckland woman says she owes her life to an eye test, after it led to a potentially fatal tumour in the lining of the brain being removed.
About 20 clowns have been accepted into New Zealand's first academic programme to become fully qualified medical comedians.