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Health experts are calling for changes to the way obesity is treated, and it seems the majority of GPs agree

A nurse practitioner from a small town in Southland has been recognised for the teaching she provides to medical students 

The New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora is an opportunity not only to celebrate the successes of health professionals but to also learn from them 

The latest report looking at perinatal and maternal mortality has found the rate of stillbirths has fallen significantly since 2007

An Auckland nurse practitioner hopes new care guides will increase recognition and treatment of frailty as a medical condition

Rediscovering your wairua and investing in Māori models of care are the ways to improve health outcomes for Māori, so say mental health and addiction workers 

Pharmac’s proposed funding for intrauterine devices can’t come soon enough for signatories of a petition started by Auckland GP Orna McGinn

In which the New Zealand Doctor editorial crew tells readers what they might be up to this week… 

A recent change in indication now allows GPs to prescribe the combination medicine Symbicort Turbuhaler for patients with mild asthma 

For the better part of four years, Hannah Mellsop stopped getting her period. She took blood test after blood test, and no one could tell her why