Medical Protection Society (MPS) has today launched the MPS Foundation; a new, global, not-for-profit research initiative to help shape the future of patient safety through the funding of ambitious research
This article describes local research into the experiences of families with a young child needing repeated hospitalisations for lower respiratory infections. These families face numerous challenges, and action plans would help
The ASH Year 10 Snapshot Survey shows Aotearoa’s daily youth smoking rates continue to decline across all ethnicities, with overall rates falling to an all-time low from about 2% between 2015-19 to 1.3% in 2021
The first large-scale national study to compare health outcomes for Māori and European patients admitted to New Zealand intensive care units (ICU) has been published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal
Over the next two years, 3200 Northland women will have the opportunity to self-screen for cervical cancer as part of research contributing to the planned national rollout for 2023
Experiences of discrimination and racism keep young Asians from accessing health services, according to a study just published in the New Zealand Medical Journal (4 February)
The Medical Research Institute of New Zealand says that, for most people who are critically ill, balanced crystalloids for intravenous fluid therapy rather than saline saves lives
Treating skin infections in children should be a high priority now research has confirmed streptococcus skin infections can trigger acute rheumatic fever, says University of Otago researcher Julie Bennett
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