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A Scottish innovation is the most exciting development in managing type 2 diabetes since the introduction of insulin treatment, says human nutrition and medicine professor Jim Mann

Pegasus Health is canning the Sirius practice management system, saying it is no longer viable

Removing trauma from every child’s life would be her first wish if given a magic wand, says mental health advocate Barbara Disley

A new drug for heart failure – funded by Pharmac since late last year – is a game-changer and no flash in the pan, Heart Foundation doctors say

WellSouth PHO will raise concerns with Southern DHB about the frequent rejection of colonoscopy referrals made by GPs and the sometimes rude letters that inform them

The first injury of the day can be heard before she is seen...

Nitrates and other leachate from dair­ying could make Canterbury’s wa­ter undrinkable in 100 years, public health officer Alistair Humphrey says

Shopping vouchers helped sharply boost referrals and uptake of a Can­terbury quit programme for pregnant smokers, with particularly good re­sults for Māori women

The first injury of the day can be heard before she is seen...

 The rollout of Pegasus Health’s new cloud-based practice management system, Sirius, has been delayed while teething problems are resolved