Latest Health Headlines [Page 2]
NGOs work together to save lives in the Pacific
Monday, 7 October 2013, 12:00 pm | TEAR Fund
Seven New Zealand aid and development agencies have joined forces to ensure fewer lives are lost in Pacific nations following a disaster. More >>
Dealing With Depression Naturally
Monday, 7 October 2013, 11:46 am | Natural Products
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of depression in the world with one in 10 people being prescribed antidepressants. Conventional antidepressant medications have been under the spotlight in recent years with studies showing some have little ... More >>
Caltex Boosting Safety
Monday, 7 October 2013, 11:21 am | Safekids
New law requires children to remain in booster seats until their seventh birthday • Caltex offering 10% off the price of all child car seats purchased at The Baby Factory with exclusive voucher More >>
New diagnostic tool cuts hospital admissions for chest pain
Monday, 7 October 2013, 11:09 am | Health Research Council Of New Zealand
A new fast-track cardiac diagnostic tool trialled at Christchurch Hospital is already cutting down the number of unnecessary hospital admissions involving people presenting with chest pain. More >>
A Passion for Life, And Her City
Friday, 4 October 2013, 5:00 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Faye Clark is a woman with a passion for her family, her friends, her life – and the city in which she lives. More >>
Party in Pink in Auckland
Friday, 4 October 2013, 4:29 pm | Public Fitness and Wellbeing Trust
A UK quantitative study looked at culture, attitude and knowledge in breast cancer patients in the UK (2011) found that most of them expressed a lack of knowledge of the disease and its symptoms. The study also found that the perceptions of cancer ... More >>
Chiropractic Care of Children Safe in NZ
Friday, 4 October 2013, 4:09 pm | New Zealand Chiropractors' Association
The New Zealand Chiropractors’ Association (NZCA) is concerned that recent media coverage has inaccurately reported allegations about chiropractic care of children in Australia and unnecessarily alarmed some New Zealand patients. More >>
DHB Fears the Influence of Supermarkets on Alcohol Policies
Friday, 4 October 2013, 3:59 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The Waikato District Health Board has serious concerns about the powerful influence supermarket chains will have on the preparation of local alcohol policies. More >>
Pregnant Mums focus of new Smokefree programme
Friday, 4 October 2013, 3:58 pm | Tui Ora
Twenty-two people passionate about the smokefree pregnancy message and the future health of Kiwi newborns are being sought. Tui Ora launched a new programme in September – now it’s asking Taranaki people to help it support pregnant women who smoke. More >>
Health of the Sexes
Friday, 4 October 2013, 3:45 pm | Southern Cross Healthcare
People need to protect themselves for the medical claims they’re most likely to make – that’s the recommendation from New Zealand’s largest health insurer, Southern Cross. More >>
‘Balanced, Upright and Safe’ classes in Rotorua
Friday, 4 October 2013, 3:39 pm | Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust
Dealing a blow to alarming falls statistics is the aim of a popular programme keeping older Rotorua people balanced, upright and safe. More >>
Connecting For Mental Health
Friday, 4 October 2013, 3:28 pm | West Coast District Health
The West Coast will see its biggest ever community event focusing on mental health when Mental Health Awareness Week commences on Monday 7 October. More >>
Launch of New Breast Cancer Detection Software
Friday, 4 October 2013, 3:27 pm | Matakina International
Matakina International today announced the launch of a range of new breast cancer detection solutions based around its key intellectual property relating to quantifying breast composition, Volpara. The solutions were formally launched alongside a new ... More >>
Matakina Launches New Breast Cancer Detection Software
Friday, 4 October 2013, 3:03 pm | Matakina International
Matakina International today announced the launch of a range of new breast cancer detection solutions based around its key intellectual property relating to quantifying breast composition, Volpara. More >>
Free Book Shares How to Survive Being Suicidal
Friday, 4 October 2013, 2:30 pm | Engage Aotearoa
A book of true stories about how four kiwis survived being suicidal will be launched on the 12th of October and it’s going to be free for New Zealanders so anyone can get hold of it. More >>
Health Insurance Comparisons Show Other Company's Products
Friday, 4 October 2013, 2:21 pm | Insure Me
Online health, medical and life insurance quoting company Insure Me provides access to extensive information that allows New Zealanders to make informed decisions about the type of cover that is right for them. More >>
All the lonely people – where do they all come from?
Friday, 4 October 2013, 12:47 pm | Mental Health Foundation
Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) is next week, and the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) is encouraging New Zealanders to take this opportunity to CONNECT with the people in their lives who may be feeling lonely and isolated. More >>
Health professionals condemn bailout of Solid Energy
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 4:14 pm | OraTaiao
Health professionals are highly critical of the recent move by the New Zealand government to bail out Solid Energy. The bailout involves a direct cash injection of $25 million of taxpayer money and another $130 million in loans. More >>
Clinicians and researchers combine to tackle challenges
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 11:01 am | Health Research Council Of New Zealand
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has awarded more than $750,000 in funding for four research partnership projects that will help improve New Zealand’s health care services in the short term. More >>
Ex Dental Nurse Changes her Mind on Fluoridation
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 9:18 am | Fluoride Action Network
Lois Titchener graduated as a school Dental Nurse in 1969. She like many health professionals, current and former, has reversed her position on fluoridation after coming to the conclusion that fluoridation is potentially unsafe and definitely unnecessary. More >>
CDHB Candidate receives NCWNZ endorsement
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 5:22 pm | Heather Symes
Canterbury District Health Board Candidate Heather Symes has received endorsement from the National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) Christchurch branch. More >>
Health Centre “Hubs” in schools may help regain loast days
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 4:14 pm | Asthma Foundation
Asthma Foundation medical adviser Dr Tristram Ingham says free healthcare for pupils and their families in low-decile schools will help the extensive burden of asthma and respiratory disease in New Zealand, which is strongly related to the effects ... More >>
Mike McRoberts urges shoppers to drop the pressure
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 3:50 pm | Stroke Foundation
Mike McRoberts from 3News lends a hand to launch the Stroke Foundation’s 2013 blood pressure awareness campaign by having his pressure tested by St John paramedic Simon Barnett at Victoria Park New World in Auckland this morning (2 October). More >>
Fight against child poverty
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 2:50 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Te Puna Oranga is Waikato District Health Board’s (DHB’s) Maori Health service and has been operating within the Waikato region for 10 years. Within this time, it has built a reputation as one of the leading specialists in developing targeted ... More >>
New Zealand Organisation for Rare Disorders - Issue #5 2013
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 10:51 am | New Zealand Organisation for Rare Disorders
Opposition political parties promise an orphan drugs access programme for New Zealand. Professionals and academics provided crucial support for NZORD’s medicine access campaign. More >>
Mike McRoberts urges shoppers to drop the pressure
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 10:41 am | Stroke Foundation
Mike McRoberts from 3News is lending a hand to launch the Stroke Foundation’s 2013 blood pressure awareness campaign having his pressure tested by a St John paramedic at Victoria Park New World in Auckland this morning. More >>
DHB Tops Helping Smokers to Quit Table
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 4:14 pm | Bay Of Plenty DHB
Helping smokers quit is all in a day’s work for local healthcare staff who have ensured this region leads New Zealand’s DHBs in a national health target. More >>
Nutrition a Focus of Healthy Ageing
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 3:02 pm | NZ Nutrition Foundation
The New Zealand Nutrition Foundation (NZNF) is putting the spotlight on the role of nutrition in healthy ageing today for the International Day of Older Persons. More >>
Plans for Rangiora Health Hub progressing
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 2:07 pm | Canterbury DHB
The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has given the green light to progress to the next stage of the plans to build a Rangiora Health Hub. The board has given approval to progress with an indicative business case and design that will allow ... More >>
Study of 7000 NZ children will make a difference
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 2:06 pm | Families Commission
From today responsibility for managing the ground breaking study of 7000 New Zealand pre-schoolers transfers to the Social Policy Evaluation and Research unit within the Families Commission. More >>
World Cerebral Palsy Day 2013 celebrates in New Zealand
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 1:45 pm | Cerebral Palsy Society
This Wednesday marks World Cerebral Palsy Day and kicks off a month of awareness about Cerebral Palsy in New Zealand. Jordon Milroy is an exceptional 23 year old New Zealander. Nominated as a top 10 finalist in the Young New Zealander of the year ... More >>
Media Grants: $10,000 available for a journalism project
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 1:22 pm | Mental Health Foundation
Are you a journalist with a passion for your profession and a desire to make a difference? Applications are open for the 2013 NZ Mental Health Media Grants, which focus on increasing understanding and reducing stigma and discrimination associated with mental ... More >>
Inventive breast cancer campaign finds a way around rules
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:07 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation’s plan to show the full range of breast cancer symptoms in its October awareness campaign received a setback when the Commercial Approvals Bureau (CAB) advised the NZBCF that nipples are not permitted in TV advertising. More >>
Benefits of Exercise in Lowering Breast Cancer Risk
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Register of Exercise Professionals
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’s a tribute to the ongoing work of those involved in the awareness programmes that breast cancer and the ways of minimizing risk and managing the disease are widely known. From awareness comes an understanding ... More >>
Kiwis challenged to rethink their health
Monday, 30 September 2013, 7:56 pm | Professional Public Relations NZ Ltd
The time has come for Kiwis to step away from their desks and stand up for their health with the cityfitness Get Active challenge. More >>
Mental Health Awareness Week gives permission to socialise
Monday, 30 September 2013, 7:23 pm | Mental Health Foundation
Book club at Sonia Gray’s house is a riot of laughter, fresh food, animated conversations and… occasionally books! More >>
International Day of Older Persons
Monday, 30 September 2013, 4:44 pm | Arthritis New Zealand
Arthritis New Zealand Chief Executive Sandra Kirby urged people to remember those older persons close to them on Tuesday 1 October, as we celebrate the International Day of Older Persons. More >>
Twin Expert Highlights Parenting Pitfalls - NZMBA Conference
Monday, 30 September 2013, 3:15 pm | NZ Multiple Birth Association
An international twin expert sharing her research findings about the ‘Twin Mystique’ and the dangers of not recognising and parenting twins as individuals, will be a highlight of the New Zealand Multiple Birth Association (NZMBA) National Conference ... More >>
Kiwi to Run Length of Holland in Pink Body Suit for Charity
Monday, 30 September 2013, 2:20 pm | Morphman
A Kiwi bloke clad in a hot pink lycra body suit will run the length of Holland in support of a mate’s struggle against cancer. Oliver Hicks (aka MORPHMAN) is an expatriate Wellingtonian living in the Netherlands. More >>
Take a walk for breast cancer on Saturday October 5
Monday, 30 September 2013, 2:09 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
There’s still time to register for the Estee Lauder Companies Pink Star Walk, a twilight walk in Auckland Domain on Saturday October 5 to raise funds for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. More >>
First funded treatment for motor neurone disease
Monday, 30 September 2013, 2:02 pm | PHARMAC
The first funded pharmaceutical treatment for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of motor neurone disease, will become available from 1 October 2013. More >>
Children and women are at risk of heart disease too
Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:17 pm | Bobby Ramakant
This year’s World Heart Day (29 September) theme focusses on a life-course approach to the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) with a focus on women and children. More >>
Research shows children need protection from smoking in cars
Monday, 30 September 2013, 11:53 am | University of Otago
New research published in a leading international journal shows young people’s exposure to secondhand smoke in cars in New Zealand remains high, particularly among Māori and Pacific people, low socio-economic groups and those whose parents smoke. More >>
Who would have thought you could die of loneliness?
Monday, 30 September 2013, 10:42 am | Age Concern
Chronic loneliness is as big a health risk as smoking, drinking and obesity, but with nowhere near the same level of funding to address the issue, says Age Concern New Zealand. More >>
Fluoridation Should End Immediately Says Government Report
Monday, 30 September 2013, 9:43 am | Fluoride Action Network
“The practice of water fluoridation should end immediately. All of the available evidence suggests that not only will this lead to a marked reduction in fluorosis but that there would not be a significant rise in dental caries.” More >>
Walmart phasing out 10 nasty household chemicals
Saturday, 28 September 2013, 8:39 pm | Melanie Rands - ecostore
Wal-Mart announced recently that it requires suppliers to phase out hazardous chemicals from the household cleaners, cosmetics and personal care products sold at its stores. They have prioritised a list of 10 chemical ingredients for ‘continuous... More >>
Progress on healthy food policies under the microscope
Friday, 27 September 2013, 4:13 pm | University of Auckland
The escalating obesity epidemic has led an international group of nutrition researchers to focus on measuring how much progress countries are making in implementing healthy food policies. More >>
Health clinic makes clients happy
Friday, 27 September 2013, 4:01 pm | UCOL
In the space of twelve months, over 400 local people with serious health conditions have improved their lifestyle with the assistance and expertise of UCOL’s specialist Exercise Physiology Centre, U-Kinetics Te Huinga Waiora. More >>
Authority refuses approval for six psychoactive products
Friday, 27 September 2013, 3:30 pm | Ministry of Health
The Psychoactive Substances Regulatory Authority has refused applications for six products seeking interim approvals under the new Psychoactive Substances Act. More >>
Prestigious Awards in Psychology
Friday, 27 September 2013, 3:04 pm | NZ Psychological Society
The New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS) -the largest membership association for psychologists in New Zealand, offers awards for excellence in practice and research related to psychology and social justice issues. More >>
Celebrating our achievement in patient information sharing
Friday, 27 September 2013, 2:49 pm | Canterbury DHB
The Canterbury Health System has celebrated a major milestone in enhancing patient care this week. Graeme Osborne from the National Health IT Board, Canterbury Health System leaders and technical teams came together to acknowledge and celebrate the ... More >>
Vote For Fluoridation, Says EBPHA Chief
Friday, 27 September 2013, 9:14 am | Eastern Bay Primary Health Alliance
The evidence supporting fluoridated water supplies is compelling says a regional health leader. “The science is quite clear,” says Bryan Gould, Chair of the Eastern Bay Primary Health Alliance (EBPHA). “Fluoridation has been shown without doubt ... More >>
Get Your Fluoride Surveys Into Waikato District Council
Friday, 27 September 2013, 9:11 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Council’s water fluoridation survey closes on Monday (30 September). Waikato District Health Board is urging those living in Tamahere, Matangi, Puketaha, Gordonton and Te Kowhai to complete the surveys and return them to make their voices ... More >>
CDHB candidate views on mental health and addictions
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 5:28 pm | Awareness
In the lead up the local elections this month, a Canterbury health service-user advocacy group has surveyed candidates running for health board about their views on a number of topical issues. More >>
Pathway to the breath of life
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 5:19 pm | Te Ara Ha Ora
The National Maori Tobacco Control Leadership Service has unveiled its official name. The service will be called Te Ara Ha Ora or pathway to the breath of life. The naming process was undertaken by esteemed kaumatua Amster Reedy. “We met with Amster Reedy ... More >>
Mass vaccination clinics to halt spread of hep A
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 4:38 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
In October the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) will be offering free hepatitis A vaccinations to all children aged between one and four years old in Ashburton, Methven and Rakaia. More >>
Grants Support Human Rights And Hearing Impaired
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 4:36 pm | Oticon Foundation
Sign Language teachers and interpreters, hearing-impaired children, cognitively impaired athletes and people dealing with hearing impaired customers will all benefit from financial help for projects to improve the lives of the hearing impaired. More >>
The Fluoridation Experiment Should Cease
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 4:33 pm | Robert Mann
I made a paid hobby, in my academic career, of publicising several health hazards. The first, in 1971 - aerial spraying of 2,4,5-T - provoked anti-fluoridation activists to accost me for help. I wouldn't have anything to do with them; Prof Edson (Otago) ... More >>
Face Television: Breast Cancer
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 3:11 pm | Noel Cheer
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer affecting women. One NZ woman in nine will be affected during her lifetime. Today seven NZ women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. More >>
IHC Backs Call to Action for 200 Million ‘Invisible People’
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 2:55 pm | IHC
IHC New Zealand is backing comments made by the Clinton Global Initiative that there are 200 million people with intellectual disabilities who are ‘invisible’ to health systems around the world. More >>
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