Simple strategies to strengthen your bones, implemented by the whole community not just those at higher risk, could lead to a substantial decrease in hip fractures, a new Australian study suggests
Te Whatu Ora - National Public Health Service is advising passengers from connecting flight OD195 from Perth to Auckland (arriving on Monday 28 August 2023) to monitor for whooping cough (pertussis) symptoms
Rare Disorders NZ is alarmed that despite Manatū Hauora working for the past year on New Zealand’s first Rare Disorders Strategy to address the inequitable health outcomes for those affected by rare disorders, the rare disorder community has not once been mentioned as a priority population group in a recently released cabinet paper on the Minister of Health’s vision for primary and community healthcare in Aotearoa
September is Cervical Screening Awareness Month and The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is joining the call and encouraging women to be up to date with their cervical testing
At the same time as collective agreement negotiations with Te Whatu Ora have broken down and senior doctors and dentists are about to embark on unprecedented strike action, the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists - Toi Mata Hauora is releasing a new report - A Less Public Place - exploring what drives senior doctors and dentists to reallocate potential working hours from Te Whatu Ora to employment outside the public health system
Southern Cross Healthcare has appointed Dr Erica Whineray Kelly into a key role as Transformation Lead for Women’s Health, reporting to Chief Transformation Officer, Dr Manoj Patel
Tomorrow the Prostate Cancer Foundation New Zealand launches Blue September, the Foundation’s biggest fundraising event of the year and a month dedicated to raising awareness of prostate cancer
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