In a new round of grants the Health Research Council has allocated $451,266 for a project focusing on detecting rheumatic heart disease among siblings of existing cases
Screening for hepatitis C needs to be rolled out in pharmacy and needle exchange programmes if New Zealand wants to eliminate the life-threatening disease, says Ed Gane, a liver specialist and co-author of a study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal
Unless it’s inside a glass jar, fluorine is not the sort of element with which humans should be intimate. Not only is the yellowish-green gas highly reactive, binding to everything it contacts except glass, it is also highly toxic to humans
University of Otago rural health dean Garry Nixon hopes that designing a new rural classification will generate a much better understanding of health outcomes and healthcare access for rural New Zealanders
A study showing disparities in metformin prescribing is an important step in unpicking a complex situation, says RNZCGP clinical director and Porirua GP Bryan Betty
Eastern Institute of Technology professor of Māori and indigenous research David Tipene-Leach (Ngāti Kahungunu/Ngāti Kere, Ngāti Manuhiri) has been honoured for his leadership on the flax wahakura for babies to sleep in
A study showing disparities in metformin prescribing is an important step in unpicking a complex situation, says RNZCGP clinical director and Porirua GP Bryan Betty
If rheumatic fever were a Pākehā problem, a solution would have been put in place long ago, says University of Auckland medical anthropologist Anneka Anderson
New Zealand’s agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech could see deliveries of their COVID-19 vaccine by March 2021, says minister of research, science and innovation Megan Woods
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