Professor Ngaire Kerse says new medicines for heart failure have appeared in recent years. With optimised use, these support the main goal of treatment, which is periods of stability with good quality of life (ask your patients what that means for them)
Although generally thought to be a self-limiting condition, active treatment of frozen shoulder is recommended to minimise any long-standing symptoms. Here, sports physician Steve Targett outlines the most effective treatment strategies
Maree is struggling to manage her diabetes. Recent hypoglycaemic episodes prompt a review of her insulin regimen, with a switch to intermediate-acting insulin and addition of empagliflozin proving beneficial
Medicines New Zealand chief executive Graeme Jarvis is “frustrated” with Pharmac’s $200 million-over-four-years funding boost. But Cancer Society medical director Chris Jackson says it would be “churlish” not to see the good in the increase
Evidence given to the inquest into six sudden, unexpected deaths after a Pharmac anti-epilepsy drug funding switch doesn’t clearly link the two, the chief coroner has found
High-dose vitamin C infusions can get into cancer tumours even though the vitamin C quickly disappears from patients’ bloodstreams, a Christchurch research study has proven
High-dose vitamin C infusions can get into cancer tumours even though the vitamin C quickly disappears from patients’ bloodstreams, a Christchurch research study has proven
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