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Consumer Watchdog: Cheap drugs
Some pharmacies are charging more than twice the standard price for prescription drugs.
New Zealand's obesity rate surges
New Zealand's obesity rate surged ahead in the 12 years to 2009, a major nutrition report released today by the Ministry of Health shows.
Feeling sick? Head to a vending machine
General medicines can now sit alongside snacks in vending machines after regulation changes came into effect yesterday.
All pain, no gain for hip patients
An artificial joint touted as the best on the market has turned into an international medical disaster. The Weekend Herald investigates why no one here saw it coming.
'Lazarus pill' revives stroke victim
The story of a stroke victim who revives for a short time after being given a sleeping pill has baffled medical experts.
'Don't use paracetamol for fever'
A respected scientific group has recommended not using paracetamol to reduce flu-related fever.
NZ's soaring diabetes rate puts us with world's worst
Scientists blame the increase on the spread of a Western-style diet, leading to rising levels of obesity.
NZ deaths lead to new drug - 40 years later
An American doctor has finally produced a drug which offers a solution to the problems which killed patients in several New Zealand hospitals 40 years ago.