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App to help better understand endometriosis
An app for endometriosis sufferers is launching to help gather data on what those working with the disease are calling an issue "we can no longer ignore".
An app for endometriosis sufferers is launching to help gather data on what those working with the disease are calling an issue "we can no longer ignore".
New data showing an increase in long wait times for youth patients needing mental health help has been labelled "appalling" by a local
Every time Deanna Trevarthen sees a Worksafe television advertisemen she shuts her eyes until her partner changes the channel.
Pike River widow Anna Osborne will continue to self-medicate with marijuana after being told chemotherapy has failed to rid her of cancer.
Hospital admissions for intentional self-harm rose 4.6% from 2004 to 2013.
Government reshuffles fever programme money to boost awareness in Auckland
A Whanganui cancer patient has had to make five return trips to Palmerston North in a month for treatment that he said was previously
A handful of GPs do not provide zero fees for children under 13 - with most located in Auckland.
Two investigations are under way into the suspected suicide of a mental health patient who had fled a psychiatric hospital and was missing for weeks.
Work to uncover answers on the Havelock North water contamination incident which caused over 5000 people to become ill is under way
A cancer patient is pleading with the Government to fund treatment for everyone exposed to asbestos.
COMMENT: The first time our son stuttered I burst out laughing. By the next day he could barely get a word out at all and it wasn't a laughing matter.
A proposed voluntary code on advertising to children features explicit restrictions on advertising of "occasional" foods and beverages.
New Zealand needs to provide much better care for the mentally ill, says a man who was rescued from a bid to take his own life.
Death rate consistent but still unacceptably high, judge says
Methamphetamine addicts are flooding New Zealand's rehab services, with some reporting an 80 per cent surge in demand for services in the last six months.
The mother of the first person to get approval to use medicinal cannabis in New Zealand has made an emotional plea to Parliament to make it easier for others to get access to the drug legally.
Experts concerned by role of social media
Medicine ads pulled off Chinese language sites after inquiries made.
COMMENT: To reduce inequality, politicians need to ensure Maori views are not frozen out by mono-cultural agencies and majority decisions.
Bacterial infection cause of death, post-mortem finds.
Community services are worried about the effect five years of district health board shortfalls could have on them.
Otago researchers have found differences in health outcomes for babies born under the care of midwives compared with those looked after by doctors.
Health authorities are considering plans to move mental health patient Ashley Peacock, to the dismay of his parents.
Babies born under the care of midwives have suffered higher rates of damage than those whose mothers were looked after by doctors, according to new research.
The cash-strapped Canterbury District Health Board's money problems have got worse.
Patients are being harmed by the deteriorating finances of ambulance services, a paramedics' group says.
The National Screening Unit will end cervical smear tests for women aged 20-25 in 2018 citing "a strong body of evidence" showing the procedure may be causing more harm than good.
COMMENT: Government now have time to look at the scientific evidence suggesting nicotine e-cigarettes could benefit New Zealand's half million smokers.