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Higher blood clot risk for newer unsubsidised pill

22 April 2011 11:06am | University of Otago

New evidence that a combined oral contraceptive pill containing the progestogen hormone drospirenone appears to put women at higher risk of blood clots than older types containing levonorgestrel has just been published by researchers at the University ... More >>

Protect Your Child - Immunise

21 April 2011 5:18pm | Ministry of Health

Encouraging parents to get their child immunised on time is one of the key messages for National Immunisation Week which kicks off on Saturday. Immunisation helps protect children against serious diseases that can make them extremely sick. More >>

Children’s Unit benefits from Children’s and Family Fun Day

21 April 2011 4:29pm | Rotorua District Council

Rotorua District Council’s Children’s and Family Fun Day held at The Redwoods in March raised $510 for the Rotorua Hospital Children’s Unit. More >>

InternetNZ Partners with TalkLink Trust

21 April 2011 4:26pm | InternetNZ

InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc), the non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting and promoting the Internet in New Zealand has formed a partnership with Talklink Trust. The Trust is the national non-profit organisation charged with providing assistive ... More >>

Free health advice available over Easter

21 April 2011 4:19pm | Healthline

Over-indulging in chocolate is probably the biggest health hazard most of us will face over Easter but, as sure as eggs, someone will develop a tummy bug, step on a rusty nail or bounce off a trampoline. More >>

Easter gardeners reminded of dangers of potting-mix/compost

21 April 2011 4:16pm | Canterbury District Health Board

Cantabrians are being reminded of the dangers of potting mix and compost when gardening this Easter weekend. More >>

Whooping cough catches oldies out

21 April 2011 3:19pm | Waikato District Health Board

Whooping cough not only affects the young; people over 45 are also getting diagnosed with the highly contagious bacterial disease, a study carried out by a Waikato DHB clinical research team has found. More >>

Win movie tickets by supporting the Love Letters Foundation

21 April 2011 2:37pm | Love Letters Foundation

The Love Letters Foundation helps New Zealand’s sickest children and young people. The Foundation is on a mission to get its message “out there” to the families that need its help. More >>

Carparking Changes at Waitakere and North Shore Hospitals

20 April 2011 4:43pm | Waitemata District Health Board

Carparking arrangements for visitors and patients to Waitakere and North Shore hospitals will be changing. These changes will apply from 13 June at Waitakere and 1 July at North Shore. Due to growing demand for public carparking spaces, Waitemata DHB is ... More >>

Needs of ageing Maori are diverse

20 April 2011 12:58pm | Age Concern

There is no one size fits all model of care when it comes to supporting older Maori, according to the Director of Massey University's Research Centre for Maori Health and Development, Chris Cunningham. Speaking at Age Concern’s recent conference, ... More >>

North Island DHBs support Canterbury’s oral health services

20 April 2011 12:20pm | Canterbury District Health Board

Two North Island District Health Boards’ generous offer of their high-tech mobile dental vans will help look after Cantabrians that need hospital level dental care. The Christchurch Hospital Dental Service, at the Oral Health Centre Building on Tuam ... More >>

Needs of ageing Māori are diverse

20 April 2011 11:01am | Massey University

There is no one size fits all model of care when it comes to supporting older Māori, according to the director of Massey University's Research Centre for Māori Health and Development, Chris Cunningham. More >>

Kiwis Urged to Get Flu Protection Before Winter

19 April 2011 2:24pm | National Influenza Strategy Group

New Zealanders are urged to get immunised against seasonal influenza before winter as the first cases of this disease have already been confirmed in the country. More >>

On Your Marks, Get Set...Brush this Easter

19 April 2011 1:31pm | Acumen Republic

Oral healthcare continues to be of concern to New Zealand children. This was highlighted by the most recent New Zealand Oral Health Survey, a national study, which shows nearly half of all New Zealand children (aged 2-17) will have a tooth cavity before ... More >>

Health Board To Take The Lead In Research Of Elderly Care

19 April 2011 1:28pm | Waikato District Health Board

Waikato District Health Board is set to take a lead role in research in the care of older people across the country with the appointment of New Zealand’s first Professor of Gerontology Nursing. More >>

Study finds new link between pregnancy diet and obesity

19 April 2011 11:40am | Liggins Institute

NZ scientists have helped produce the first objective data that quantify a link between events before birth and the risk of later disease, and provide a plausible explanation for how this occurs. More >>

Bupa Care Services Goal of reducing restraint achieved

19 April 2011 10:33am | Bupa

Bupa Care Services have achieved an overall reduction in national restraint usage of 30% and will continue to reduce this throughout 2011. This supports their philosophy of person centred care.. More >>

Call for entries Fellowship in Youth Health Leadership

19 April 2011 9:27am | Vodafone

Youth researchers and practitioners with strong leadership skills are being urged to apply for a Fellowship in Youth Health Leadership offered by The Vodafone New Zealand Foundation in association with SYHPANZ (Society of Youth Health Professionals ... More >>

NZ Charity Seeks Sick Kids Needing Joy and Happiness

18 April 2011 5:41pm | Love Letters Foundation

The Love Letters Foundation is a New Zealand registered charitable trust inspired by the friendship between a little girl, diagnosed with cancer, and her special friend Sam. More >>

Ulmer and Plunket team up to support Christchurch

18 April 2011 2:54pm | New Zealand Plunket Society

Sarah Ulmer and Plunket team up to support Christchurch families Sarah Ulmer and Plunket have partnered up for this year’s Sarah Ulmer Brand (SUB) Stride or Ride Event in Cambridge on Mother’s Day, Sunday 8th May. More >>

Bupa Care Services Leading The Way In Dementia Care

18 April 2011 2:30pm | Bupa

Bupa Care Services New Zealand are becoming leaders in dementia care for older people in New Zealand. More >>

Health law expert to discuss patients’ rights at GBS group

18 April 2011 2:00pm | GBS Support

Former New Zealand Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson will deliver a keynote address on patients’ rights at a conference in Wellington later this month focused on the rare disorder Guillain-Barré Syndrome. More >>

Timely Reminder To Be Vigilant About Measles

18 April 2011 1:05pm | Auckland District Health Board

The Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) is reminding parents about the risks associated with measles and the need to make sure your children’s vaccinations are up to date. More >>

Leading the way for Pacific people

18 April 2011 11:31am | Te Pou

For the first time, Pacific people with disabilities have a national leadership group to represent their views at the highest levels in New Zealand. More >>

Leading the way for Pacific people

18 April 2011 11:19am | Le Va

For the first time, Pacific people with disabilities have a national leadership group to represent their views at the highest levels in New Zealand. More >>

Defence Force Doctors And Dentists Help Local Community

18 April 2011 10:58am | New Zealand Defence Force

Throughout the past week, New Zealand Defence Force doctors, dentists and nursing officers on the island of Niuatoputapu (Tonga) have worked to help the future health of the local population, as part of Pacific Partnership. More >>

Government considering forcing you to vaccinate your child?

17 April 2011 2:25pm | Jonathan Eisen

At the link below is the report of the Health Select Committee hearing evidence on how to "improve" [increase] "immunisation" [vaccination] rates in New Zealand, which was released on March 24, 2011 More >>

Call for doctors not to practice homeopathy or refer

17 April 2011 1:47pm | Shaun Holt

17th April 2011 – Medical researcher Professor Shaun Holt has called for doctors not to practice homeopathy or refer their patients to homeopaths. In a letter published in the current New Zealand Medical Journal, he and other senior researchers from ... More >>

Earthquake Update 35 – Canterbury District Health Board

15 April 2011 5:20pm | Canterbury District Health Board

Government agencies are working to keep Canterbury people healthy and safe through winter following the September and February earthquakes. The Interim Chief Executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), John Ombler, says agencies ... More >>

Girls’ Self Defence Project deserves continued funding

15 April 2011 3:38pm | Mental Health Foundation

The Mental Health Foundation wishes to expresses its concern over the cessation of funding to The Girls’ Self Defence Project. The Girls’ Self Defence Project, which has been running in schools across New Zealand for 15 years, has had a positive ... More >>

WHO Recognises Kiwis’ Fight Against Leprosy in the Pacific

15 April 2011 1:59pm | Pacific Leprosy

The work of a small Christchurch-based non-government organisation (NGO) has so impressed the World Health Organisation (WHO) that a very senior overseas official popped in for a visit this week. The three-person Christchurch-based Pacific Leprosy ... More >>

Asthma in Aotearoa: not a pretty picture

15 April 2011 1:30pm | Asthma Foundation

Imagine that every, single person in Hamilton has asthma. That’s how many New Zealand children live with the challenges, fears and disadvantages of asthma. “At well over 200 000, the number of New Zealand children with asthma is far greater than ... More >>

New psychiatry research released

15 April 2011 12:44pm | Royal Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists

The latest edition of Australasian Psychiatry has been released and contains a number of highly interesting articles pertaining to research and other aspects of the field. These include: • Bed accessibility in a private psychiatric hospital • Benchmarking ... More >>

Government recognises looming dementia crisis

15 April 2011 10:41am | Alzheimers New Zealand

Minister of Health, Tony Ryall opened the Aged Concern Conference on 13 April with an acknowledgement of the growing needs of the dementia sector and the required investment by government to support this. More >>

US Civil Rights leaders call for end to fluoridation

15 April 2011 10:37am | Fluoride Action Network

Former U.N. Ambassador, Atlanta mayor, and close associate of Martin Luther King Jr, Andrew Young, has joined with Prominent Pastor Gerard Durley in calling for an end to fluoridation. This is due to disproportionately high health risks to black ... More >>

Stroke Patients Offered New Service at Brain Recovery Clinic

14 April 2011 5:31pm | Auckland University

New Zealand’s first brain rehabilitation and research clinic will be launched by the Associate Minister of Health, the Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman, at The University of Auckland’s Tamaki Innovation Campus next week. More >>

Claims Of Hospital Unsustainability False

14 April 2011 12:08pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“Claims Of Hospital Unsustainability False” “Claims by Southern District Health Board bosses that Queenstown’s Lakes District Hospital is clinically and financially unsustainable are false and unfair on the hospital’s highly respected doctors and ... More >>

New Poster Campaign In Christchurch Targets Wellbeing

14 April 2011 11:12am | Mental Health Foundation

Mental Health Foundation workers in Christchurch are saturating the city with five posters featuring practical and proven ways Cantabrians can support their own wellbeing and the world around them. More >>

Farmers Put Themselves At Risk

13 April 2011 1:21pm | Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

A pilot study of the prevalence of cardiac risk factors in a group of agricultural workers and of their decision-making abilities with regard to when and how they would seek help when experiencing chest pain has found that most put themselves at risk ... More >>

Paper to Australian Medical Assn Conference: Cusps

13 April 2011 11:30am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

‘Cusp’ is an interesting word which has a particular pertinence to New Zealand’s health system at the moment. It has particular usages in astrology, astronomy and anatomy, for example. In plain language it is a point that marks the beginning of ... More >>

Weight conscious women miss out on major nutrients

11 April 2011 11:43am | Wrigley

One in five say kilojoules in calcium-rich foods stop them from consuming enough calcium More >>

Successful rheumatic fever campaign rolled out

11 April 2011 11:31am | Toi Te Ora

Children living in the Opotiki area are now less likely to develop rheumatic fever due to the successful implementation of school-based throat swabbing by Te Ao Hou Trust and Whakatohea Iwi Social and Health Services. “By detecting and treating ... More >>

Take-home bowel cancer screening test will save lives

08 April 2011 5:10pm | Pharmacy Guild

The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) welcomes the bowel screening programme launched by Pharmacybrands in Wellington today. “This is a private sector initiative that steps into a gap. The patient benefits from this because there is insufficient ... More >>

Gym Music – Now You Pay Twice for the Damage

08 April 2011 4:35pm | National Foundation for the Deaf

Gym-goers regularly subjected to dangerous noise levels from music should ask their gyms not to pay a new levy for fitness class music, the National Foundation for the Deaf says. The fitness industry has announced a levy of 50 cents a year per member ... More >>

Earthquake Update 34 - Canterbury District Health Board

08 April 2011 4:22pm | Canterbury District Health Board

The boil water notice that has been in place across Christchurch since the February 22 earthquake has today been lifted by the National Controller of Civil Defence John Hamilton. Medical Officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey has advised Mr Hamilton ... More >>

Immunisation vital for protection of New Zealand communities

08 April 2011 3:47pm | New Zealand Plunket Society

News of six cases of English measles being confirmed in Hastings has prompted Plunket to restate the importance of immunisation. “Immunisation is a vitally important a tool to protect New Zealand families and communities. Vaccination is the most effective ... More >>

RNZCGP Concerned About Bowel Screening Programme

08 April 2011 3:45pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners

The Royal New Zealand College of GPs (RNZCGP) says it has serious concerns about the pharmacy-based bowel screening programme launched today. RNZCGP Board member Dr Jim Vause says the programme will have some significant impacts on primary care, ... More >>

Patient Group hits back at Bowel Cancer Test Kit Criticism

08 April 2011 3:28pm | Farmside

Today BowelScreen AotearoaTM has been launched. This is a collaborative initiative between Beat Bowel Cancer Aotearoa, Bowel Cancer Australia and Pharmacy Brands, and sees for the first time in New Zealand an opportunity for bowel cancer screening ... More >>

Boil water notice lifted across Christchurch

08 April 2011 3:19pm | Canterbury District Health Board

The boil water notice that has been in place across Christchurch since the February 22 earthquake has today (April 8) been lifted by the National Controller of Civil Defence John Hamilton. Medical Officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey has advised ... More >>

New Hamilton Clinics to Work with Patients to Improve Care

08 April 2011 11:13am | Midlands Health Network

Reduced waiting time for patients, better results from clinic visits and access to health advice and support 24 hours a day are features of a new ground-breaking approach to primary health care in the Midlands region. More >>

Improvements to the NZ Cancer Registry

08 April 2011 11:04am | Cancer Control New Zealand

A letter has been sent to 14,689 medical practitioners to ensure they are aware of the proposed improvements to the NZ Cancer Registry, announced by Minister Ryall in early February. The letter was sent by the Cancer Registry Board. More >>

NZMA does not support pharmacy-based bowel screening

08 April 2011 10:35am | New Zealand Medical Association

The New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) does not support the pharmacy-based bowel screening programme, launched today, and has expressed serious misgivings. More >>

Measles outbreak in Hastings

08 April 2011 9:45am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Parents are urged to make sure their children are up-to-date with their childhood vaccinations following six confirmed cases of English Measles in children in Hastings. More >>

NZNO Wants More Nurses to Be Able to Prescribe

07 April 2011 5:01pm | New Zealand Nurses' Organisation

NZNO has given a cautious welcome to today’s Ministerial announcement that a group of registered nurses working in diabetes health will be able to independently prescribe medications for their patients. More >>

Let’s Keep our Kids out of Hospital!

07 April 2011 3:51pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand

“My grandson is five years old and he has been battling with asthma since he was three months. He has been in and out of hospital and at one stage he ended up in intensive care and we thought we would lose him. More >>

Profile Of Janine Lee

07 April 2011 1:14pm | Waikato District Health Board

Janine Lee Charge Nurse, Same Day Admission Unit (SDAU) and Day of Surgery Admissions Unit (DOSA) More >>

Screening Programme Aims To Save A Thousand Lives A Year

07 April 2011 10:30am | Pharmacy Brands

Pharmacybrands, the country’s largest pharmacy group, will launch BowelScreen Aotearoa™, a pharmacy based nationwide bowel cancer screening programme in Wellington tomorrow (Friday 8th April), which aims to save the lives of more than a thousand New Zealanders ... More >>

Guidelines Developed to Prioritise People Needing Aged Care

06 April 2011 3:10pm | Canterbury District Health Board

Following the 22 February earthquake and subsequent loss of over 600 rest home beds in Canterbury, Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has been working with an expert panel of people from across the aged care sector to develop a set of guidelines to ... More >>

Smoke Alarms No Use If You Can’t Hear Them

05 April 2011 5:15pm | National Foundation for the Deaf

Smoke alarms are essential for saving lives, but they’re no use if you can’t hear them. NFD called on the government to come up with ways to help people with hearing disabilities afford alarms that would alert them when they’re activated. More >>