Asthma Awareness Week – 30 April – 6 May
Monday 30 April 2012, 1:45PMImagine that every single person in Hamilton has asthma. That’s how many New Zealand children live with the challenges, fears and disadvantages of asthma
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Pearson awardwinner hopes to inspire occupational therapists
Monday 30 April 2012, 11:50AMPrivate practitioner Glenda van de Ven-Long from Palmerston North was selected from the three award finalists by a panel of judges following a rigorous interview process
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New Psychiatry Research Released
Monday 30 April 2012, 11:47AMThe latest issue of Australasian Psychiatry has been released and contains a number of highly interesting articles pertaining to various aspects of the field. These include
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Response from Waikato DHB re immunisation claims
Monday 30 April 2012, 11:46AMWaikato District Health Board did not use social networking sites to encourage teenagers to get immunised without their parents' consent following a measles outbreak in Te Awamutu last year
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Encouraging news for heart patients
Monday 30 April 2012, 11:24AMInheriting gene variants that increase the risk of developing coronary heart disease does not necessarily mean an individual is going to have reduced life expectancy if he or she suffers a heart attack
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Health Insurance Numbers Down 2 Percent
Friday 27 April 2012, 11:56AMThe number of New Zealanders with health insurance dropped almost 2 percent in the year to March, according to figures released today by the Health Funds Association (HFANZ)
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Health minister’s doctor numbers claim makes little sense
Friday 27 April 2012, 10:54AM“Minister of Health Tony Ryall’s claim last week that there have been over 100 extra hospital doctors at Capital & Coast District Health Board makes little sense,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today
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Mid Canterbury community to benefit from redevelopment
Friday 27 April 2012, 10:49AMAshburton people requiring high quality dementia care will find it along with style and comfort at the new and improved Tuarangi rest home and hospital
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Mortality rate for New Zealand adolescents
Thursday 26 April 2012, 4:06PMA recent article Health of the World's Adolescents: a synthesis of internationally comparable data, co-authored by Professor George C Patton showed a high overall mortality rate for New Zealand adolescents
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Asthma Awareness Week is next week
Thursday 26 April 2012, 2:13PMAsthma Awareness Week runs from 30 April (Monday) until Sunday 6 May with Balloon Day on Friday 4 May. This year we are focusing on prevention
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Defibrillators installed in Alpine Energy vehicles
Thursday 26 April 2012, 8:48AMA heart-felt move by Alpine Energy Ltd recently has left the community a safer place.
As the power company well knows, electrical current comes in many guises. Known mostly in the South Canterbury community for providing the power for our homes, farms and industry, Alpine has added a new dimension – the life-saving kind
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Everyone needs to work together to reduce the suicide rate
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 4:06PMThe Mental Health Foundation (MHF) is urging all New Zealanders to think seriously about how they can help reduce the suicide rate, chief executive Judi Clements says
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Software company to launch health iPod/iPhone application
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 4:04PMChristchurch software company Sense Medical will be launching their exciting new iPad/iPhone application “ActiveHub” at the Shine the Light conference in Christchurch this week
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Anna Stove appointed general manager GlaxoSmithKline New Zealand
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 3:28PMAnna Stove has been appointed General Manager GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) New Zealand, to succeed Geoff McDonald, effective 1 May 2012
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Only 495 children to be immunised to reach target
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 1:35PMOnly 495 extra children who are about to turn two need to be immunised before 30 June for New Zealand to achieve the 95 percent immunisation coverage recommended by the World Health Organization this quarter
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Study: Fish better than fish oil
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 1:33PMA recent study in Australia has shown that eating fish with Omega-3s may very well be more beneficial to general heart health and well-being than dosing up on supplements
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Revisit immunisation advice urges Measles mother
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 12:18PMTe Awamutu mother Ally Edwards-Lasenby thought she was doing the right thing by making an informed decision not to immunise her son against Measles at four years of age
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Chief executive appointed to new health promotion agency
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 9:35AMClive Nelson has been appointed as the first chief executive of the new Health Promotion Agency
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Food heavyweights support fuelled4life
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 9:20AMSome of New Zealand’s biggest food manufacturers and suppliers have put their weight behind the Heart Foundation’s fuelled4life programme, which is providing information on healthier food choices to 2500 schools and 4300 early childhood education (ECE) services
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Mobile immunisation staff step up reminder
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 9:19AMHundreds of little people have walked, tottered, or been carried up the steps of Waikato District Health Board’s mobile immunisation van over the past 12 months allowing staff to deliver 800 free immunisations
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Southern Cross launches over the counter claiming for GP services
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 9:17AMSouthern Cross has launched ‘on the spot’ electronic claiming for GP consultations and minor surgery
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IAS urges parents "Investigate Before You Vaccinate"
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 9:16AMThe Immunisation Awareness Society is reminding all parents to 'investigate before you vaccinate', in light of National Immunisation Week, which started yesterday
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Struggling pharma companies to outsource clinical trial research
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 9:10AMFalling revenue in some healthcare sectors means companies are making huge efforts to reduce R&D expenditure and increase profitability, and are outsourcing clinical trial activities to Contract Research Organizations (CROs) in order to achieve this, according to a new report by healthcare intelligence company GBI Research
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Winning World Class New Zealanders announced
Monday 23 April 2012, 10:45AMSome of New Zealand’s most outstanding innovators and entrepreneurs, committed to enhancing the country’s global reputation, have been recognised in this year’s World Class New Zealand Awards
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Improving the labelling of food for health
Monday 23 April 2012, 9:17AMFront-of-pack (FOP) labelling of food in New Zealand has support from industry, policy-makers and NGOs according to new research from the Universities of Otago and Auckland
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Excellent news for Whanganui and Palmerston North women
Monday 23 April 2012, 9:12AMThe New Zealand College of Midwives is relieved and delighted to see that the Whanganui District Health Board is reasonably confident of appointing two new permanent obstetricians to Whanganui Maternity Hospital, taking the complement to four
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Global communities urged to join the fight to stop meningitis this World Meningitis Day
Monday 23 April 2012, 9:10AMWorld Meningitis Day, 24 April 2012, calls for people across the world to know about the signs and symptoms, urgency to treat, and vaccines available to prevent this potentially deadly disease
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New scholarships will help rural communities
Friday 20 April 2012, 4:58PMMāori nurses keen to provide health services over the telephone to people living in isolated rural areas can now get some help with the costs of ongoing training and support
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Plain packaging: tobacco companies’ claims lack proof
Friday 20 April 2012, 4:56PM“There is strong evidence that plain packaging would make smoking less attractive to young people. Tobacco companies’ claims plain packaging would not affect smoking prevalence are simply wrong, just as their claims that pictorial warnings would have no effect were also wrong,” argue University of Otago researchers from the ASPIRE2025 research group
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NZ Sign Language booklet for health professionals
Friday 20 April 2012, 2:57PMTo help medical staff communicate with their Deaf patients, Deaf Aotearoa has just released a New Zealand Sign Language booklet full of helpful, relevant signs
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Immunisation Week 2012 – Protect your child, protect our community
Friday 20 April 2012, 9:46AMImmunisation Week from April 23-29 is about protecting your child by getting them immunised on time.
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Confidence in Southern Screening Programme
Friday 20 April 2012, 9:44AMA Ministry of Heath investigation into services provided by Southern District Health Board’s BreastScreen HealthCare, the provider in the Otago and Southland regions, has found there has not been a failure of screening
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Free whooping cough vaccine extended to pregnant women
Friday 20 April 2012, 9:39AMThe Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has agreed to fund whooping cough (pertussis) immunisation for pregnant women and mothers of newborn infants
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1 in 5 Australians expect antibiotics for coughs or colds: new NPS campaign
Thursday 19 April 2012, 3:51PM1 in 5 Australians expect their doctor to prescribe antibiotics for themselves and/or their child when they have a cough or cold, new research from NPS has found
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E-therapy effective in combatting youth depression
Thursday 19 April 2012, 3:37PMAn innovative computer-based intervention for depressed young people, developed by researchers from The University of Auckland, has been shown to be at least as effective as standard treatments mainly comprising face-to-face therapy
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Cancer Trends survival report shows improvements and inequalities
Wednesday 18 April 2012, 9:04AMCancer survival is significantly improving in New Zealand, but inequalities in survival remain stark according to a new report released today by the University of Otago and the Ministry of Health
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More choice for Christchurch elderly needing specialist care
Monday 16 April 2012, 10:28AMFacilities for older people in Christchurch have been given a boost thanks to the development by Bupa in local care home, Cashmere View in Cashmere
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Second recall must prompt inquiry into faulty hip devices
Monday 16 April 2012, 8:55AMThe international recall of a second metal-on-metal hip replacement device should cause the government to re-think its decision to block a Health select committee inquiry into these devices, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Maryan Street
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Health Minister congratulates Waitemata DHB
Friday 13 April 2012, 11:51AMHealth Minister Tony Ryall is in Auckland today to congratulate Waitemata DHB on its major achievements in the national health targets, especially the shorter stays in emergency departments target. He will also visit Torbay Health
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Pharmaceutical giants set to lose dominance in urological disorders market
Friday 13 April 2012, 11:49AMMajor pharmaceutical companies are predicted to lose their footing in the urological disorders market by 2017, a new report by pharmaceutical intelligence expert GBI Research has found.
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