Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ marks ‘World Smoke Free Day’ – Thursday 31 May - with a call for more clear messaging and transparency around how e-cigarettes and vaping should be promoted, sold and used in New Zealand
Organised by the World Allergy Organisation (WAO), World Allergy Week is an annual event set to take place from 22-28 April this year, with the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ focussing on allergy-triggered asthma
Paediatrician Innes Asher, GP Peter Chapman-Smith and psychiatrist Wayne Miles were flown in to receive high honours from the NZMA in Wellington last month
Teresea Olsen QSM has built a major Māori health and social services provider on the foundations laid by her mother, who sought to provide hope and help from makeshift premises in a corner of the Hutt Valley. Virginia McMillan reports. Pictures by Dean Zilwood
Teresea Olsen QSM has built a major Māori health and social services provider on the foundations laid by her mother, who sought to provide hope and help from makeshift premises in a corner of the Hutt Valley. Virginia McMillan reports. Pictures by Dean Zilwood
Ministry of Health and Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ met to discuss the future advice on e-cigarettes and vaping to the New Zealand general public
Imagine this scenario – you’re out and about when one of your children or their friends starts coughing, wheezing, and they’re finding it hard to breathe. Would you know what to do?
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management