Māori Health

A 24-year longitudinal study of 45,000 south Auckland patients estimates there are almost 19,000 extra deaths annually among Māori with type 2 diabetes

A report looking at two successful gout management ­programmes has been released in an effort to build on evidence for effective treatment in primary care

Gastrointestinal bleeding and kidney failure are much more commonly experienced by Māori and Pacific patients while taking non-­steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs than Pākehā, new research says

Gastrointestinal bleeding and kidney failure are much more commonly experienced by Māori and Pacific patients while taking non-­steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs than Pākehā, new research says

Kaumātua have the ability and desire to control their medicines journey, and value authentic healthcare relationships to support that, a new research paper indicates

Māori health and proposed Māori Health Authority were up for discussion in the second of New Zealand Doctor’s Popcorn Panels 

A petition has been launched by the Ōpōtiki community calling for the Government to adopt the “alternate view” published in the final report of the Health and Disability System Review and create a Māori Health Authority with full commissioning rights 

Reporter Anna Lee shines a spotlight on a pharmacy document now gathering dust that many had hoped would lead to a much more equitable future with better outcomes for Māori patients

Reporter Anna Lee shines a spotlight on a pharmacy document now gathering dust that many had hoped would lead to a much more equitable future with better outcomes for Māori patients

A study of 172 Māori supermarket shoppers finds labelling gout as urate crystal arthritis makes it less likely the disease will be seen as self-inflicted