Colourful clothing and floral perfumes attract the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries dengue fever, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika viruses, US research has revealed
New research published in the New Zealand Medical Journal has highlighted the legal and ethical dilemmas surgeons face when it comes to “incidental findings” during surgery
Primary care physicians can improve their communication to newly-diagnosed diabetes patients by offering more information specific to the patient’s experience, new research from Otago, Auckland and Victoria universities shows
The prospect of academics slugging it out over the rights to create a new rural-focused medical school has been somewhat diminished with the arrival of the Labour-led Government but has not gone away completely. Liane Topham-Kindley reports
New Zealand research could pave the way for a new, safe treatment for babies whose growth in the womb is stunted by problems with the placenta. The research team have also discovered a possible basis for a blood test for mothers that could identify at-risk babies in utero
The prospect of academics slugging it out over the rights to create a new rural-focused medical school has been somewhat diminished with the arrival of the Labour-led Government but has not gone away completely. Liane Topham-Kindley reports
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