Following confirmation by the Drug Foundation on Tuesday that some lollies in food parcels from Auckland City Mission contained methamphetamine, our staff have been contacting people who may have received a food parcel through one of our services
Newly published research from AUT has the potential to revolutionise the understanding of concussions and mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), including the impact of brain inflammation and ways to predict improved chances of recovery
The NZ Drug Foundation is warning people not to consume Rinda brand pineapple lollies after a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine was found in a lolly wrapped in the brand’s packaging
The coalition Government is urgently making financial assistance available for survivors of the Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital Child and Adolescent Unit (the Lake Alice Unit) who are terminally ill
Media release from Erica Stanford, lead coordination minister for the Government’s response to the Royal Commission’s report into historical abuse in state care and in the care of faith-based institutions and Matt Doocey, minister of mental health
Infectious syphilis case numbers rose by an alarming 45% in Aotearoa, New Zealand last year from 508 to 736 cases. The 2023 case numbers are the highest number ever recorded in the annual Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) surveillance reports by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR)
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners supports research and education that benefits general practice, rural general practice and rural hospital medicine through three funding rounds each year
Associate Health Minister Casey Costello is meeting with all of the country’s frontline stop smoking service providers this week to ensure New Zealand reaches the Smokefree 2025 goal
The Government is ending New Zealand’s nearly 30-year ban on gene technology outside the lab in a move which will bring health, productivity and climate gains for New Zealanders
The Health and Disability Commissioner has found Health New Zealand│Te Whatu Ora breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) after a man was circumcised without his consent
A radiologist has breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for poor reporting of a CT scan, which may have delayed a bowel cancer diagnosis for a woman who, sadly, died of a blood infection from a bowel obstruction
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