New Zealanders at risk of hepatitis C should make sure to get a quick and easy finger-prick test on World Hepatitis Day this Thursday (28 July), says Dr Nick Chamberlain, National Director of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand National Public Health Service
A browser-based smartphone app designed to deliver therapy for people recovering from surgery and those with lung conditions involving overproduction of mucus could replace the more ‘traditional’ hand-held incentive spirometer device
Researchers from the University of Otago’s ASPIRE 2025 Research Centre, which carries out research to support the Smokefree 2025 goal, welcome the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill
Save the Children says the Government has an opportunity to consult with children and young people on proposed changes to the Office of the Children’s Commissioner and Oranga Tamariki oversight system, but failure to do so could breach their rights under the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa says nursing shortages have become so dire that Dunedin Hospital has called on nursing students to do tasks normally done by qualified nurses
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