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![Popular breast cancer test 'unproven'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Popular breast cancer test 'unproven'
Health authorities are warning women against thermal imaging for breast cancer detection and one expert even says the industry should be shut down.
![Procurement processes costing DHBs dearly - report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Procurement processes costing DHBs dearly - report
Tony Ryall says if the health sector was run more like a supermarket chain it could save millions when purchasing supplies and services.
![Lab workers' suspension 'intimidation', union says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Lab workers' suspension 'intimidation', union says
The suspension of 15 striking laboratory workers in the North Island this morning was an attempt to intimidate them, their union says.
![Surgeons speak out over deep-seated problems](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Surgeons speak out over deep-seated problems
Surgeons at North Shore Hospital have their say about the unacceptable state of the facility.
![<i>Garth George:</i> Screening on slippery slope to eugenics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Garth George:</i> Screening on slippery slope to eugenics
Garth George writes that an expanded screening programme for Down Syndrome may go against the rights of the disabled.
![Patient in hospital for allergy gets neck broken](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Patient in hospital for allergy gets neck broken
A patient went into hospital with an allergy and left with broken neck.
![Earthquake: E. Coli found in Kaiapoi water sample](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Earthquake: E. Coli found in Kaiapoi water sample
E. Coli has been found in water from Kaiapoi, reinforcing the need for residents to boil their water after last week's earthquake.
![Hospitals fearful of doctors' strikes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hospitals fearful of doctors' strikes
Hospital leaders are braced to hear today if resident medical officers will join the wave of strikes disrupting health services.
!['Critical' doctor shortage at Starship Hospital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Critical' doctor shortage at Starship Hospital
Starship patients are being put at risk due to a shortage of staff, the union representing doctors says.
![How the hospital failed my daughter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How the hospital failed my daughter
Mother says her daughter went through unnecessary suffering for a common, though potentially lethal, complaint.
![Woman fights for ACC to pay $250,000 bill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman fights for ACC to pay $250,000 bill
A woman plans to appeal to the High Court after an ACC decision not to pay a $250,000 medical bill she was left with when she fell seriously ill after having a flu jab.
![Urgent plan needed for over-65s - report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Urgent plan needed for over-65s - report
An urgent care plan is needed to meet the needs of NZ's over 65 population which will rise by 84pc in the next 15 years, according to a review.
![Keep boiling tap water, residents urged](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Keep boiling tap water, residents urged
Thousands of Canterbury residents will probably have to keep boiling water until the end of the week to minimise the risk of disease after Saturday's earthquake.