Drug may reverse dementia
A drug brought to light by Hippocrates in the 5th century BC could help restore memory in Alzheimer's patients, scientists hope.
A drug brought to light by Hippocrates in the 5th century BC could help restore memory in Alzheimer's patients, scientists hope.
A young woman was badly burned and feared she may never have children after a horrifying medical blunder - and then offered a $50 fuel voucher by way of apology.
An Auckland teen living with the side-effects of a brain tumour has been chosen as the face of hope by a cancer charity.
What linguists call prosody describes the variations in timing, pitch and stress patterns in speech that help people convey meaning and emotion.
New World has donated a number of the full sets, complete with mini ovens and barbecue grills, for young patients to try their hand at "cooking".
Staff working for companies producing artificial hips, pacemakers and other medical devices are being allowed into surgeries at hospitals without the consent of patients.
An editorial in the Herald states that the value of the screening pilot needs proving and that the pilot "is not going as well as expected".
More than 220 students have come forward this week with fresh claims of abuse and bullying from medical professionals.
A lengthy legal battle could take an emotional and financial toll on the family of a brain damaged Wellington boy: Legal expert.
The capital's health board has been blamed for a young boy's brain damage and quadriplegia because of meningitis that was missed by two doctors.
A two-year-old Wellington boy severely brain damaged after a hospital twice failed to diagnose him, remains in hospital suffering from a chest infection.
It beggars belief that any nurses employed in public hospitals would be allowed to decline vaccinations against winter flu.
Three Waikato Hospital nurses have been suspended for defying a controversial new policy forcing non-vaccinated workers to either get flu jabs or wear face masks.
A cannabis spray used to treat epilepsy, pain and multiple sclerosis will be considered for public funding next month.
An inspection of Waikato District Health Board's mental health service has been announced following the arrest of a man working as a psychiatrist.
The Minister for Health says he has serious concerns after a health board staffer working as a psychiatrist was fired and arrested for possible identity fraud.
Some Kiwis are travelling as far as India for operations, complaining of long waiting lists and high costs at home.
Queeny Penhall and Damian Young lost one baby, another suffered complications and a third is on the same track, all due to what the parents and some specialists consider to be gaps in New Zealand's maternity care.
Hospital staff are being punched, kicked, spat on, bitten and verbally abused daily on the job - and the problem is getting worse.
An estimated 2500 people showed up to protest proposed funding cuts to Oamaru hospital today.
More New Zealanders will be able to get free doctors' visits as part of a raft of changes which come into force today.
A health watchdog is "alarmed" an elderly psychiatric hospital patient was left lying on a bedroom floor for more than nine hours.
Starship's flight team have welcomed a new air ambulance, decked in a starry blue livery and equipped with a range of life-saving, state-of-the-art equipment.
A bill which would give three free health checks by a GP every year to holders of the Supergold card failed to pass its first reading in Parliament tonight by 60 to 61.
New Zealand's rate of perinatal death has dipped but our rate of maternal suicide is seven times greater than Britain's, new figures reveal.
A health board and one of its emergency doctors breached the code of patients’ rights in their care of a woman with a spinal infection.
A pensioner died an "agonising and needless" death after hospital staff administered a drug that a MedicAlert bracelet she wore warned she was allergic to.
For Auckland amputee Diane Smith, it matters that the technicians who worked on her artificial leg included a former bulldozer driver.