University of Otago students are losing one of their biggest advocates when director of student health services Kim Ma’ia’i steps down at the end of June
Diagnosing type 1 diabetes in very young children is difficult and unfortunately can be missed, says RNZCGP medical director Richard Medlicott, acknowledging new figures showing 30 per cent of type 1 diabetes is diagnosed dangerously late in children and young people
A youth health services researcher welcomes extending school nursing services to more lower-decile pupils but says it would be “naïve” to place non-specialised nurses into schools
A global shortage of HPV vaccine Gardasil 9 has the Ministry of Health asking vaccinators to hold off on non-urgent follow-up doses until more stock arrives in mid-September
A New Zealand Medical Journal paper on cancer in adolescents and young adults says this country lags behind others in survival rates for the 15 to 29 age group
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