February 2025

A patient asks GP Jonathan Bentley to assess her for perimenopause due to a variety of symptoms, but testing reveals a benign hormone-producing tumour

PEARLS #760: What is the effect of calcium supplementation on maternal, foetal and neonatal outcomes?

Consultant cardiologist Chris Ellis looks at what we know and what we don’t know about lipoproteins, cardiovascular risk and optimal management

Following the recent Cabinet reshuffle, University of Otago Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka vice-chancellor Grant Robertson wasted no time reminding the new health minister Simeon Brown of the case for increasing medical student numbers rather than building a new school in the Waikato

Lucy O’Hagan reviews The Science of Miracles and hears a call for doctors to embrace healing beyond the confines of traditional practise

Tom Bowden comments on last year’s coverage of problems with GP2GP, the patient file transfer system now administered by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora

Gabrielle Baker shares her feelings of respect and loss, and recounts personal interactions with the late Dame Tariana Turia

This article discusses the Lightning Process, which is being found to be effective for some people with long COVID, with no harms reported

Sports physician Chris Milne discusses new Olympic disciplines, which require clinicians to keep abreast of the demands of different sports

New Zealand is seeing unacceptably high numbers of congenital syphilis cases. Sexual health specialist Massimo Giola discusses the urgent intervention required to prevent another case