Golden Bay doctor Bruce Dooley encouraged patients to hold Omicron parties and treat the virus with an unapproved medicine he ...

Much has changed since 2021, but the need to highlight the tireless work of primary care teams is as critical as ever, writes ...

“The decision to begin consultation to fund Estradot and Estradiol TDP Mylan from December 2025 follows the Pharmac Consumer Engagement Workshop Report, last year’s Medicines Summit, my letter of ...

Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey says smaller Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) will now be able to benefit from the Government’s Mental Health Innovation Fund following a change to the match ...

The recent flurry of announcements for new initiatives and funding in primary care are, in the main, welcome, but the sector is now on high alert for details, writes editor Barbara Fountain Where is ...

PACKAGE: $23.3 million over four years for up to 50 New Zealand graduate doctors a year to train in primary care settings ...

The research is led by Heart Foundation Research Fellow Dr Pritika Narayan from the Department of Surgery and Anaesthesia who says people from Fiji make up almost two per cent of Aotearoa’s population ...

The trial, led by the University of Otago, Christchurch, is seeking a solution for the high rates of relapse experienced by many patients who come off ketamine treatment, by combining oral doses of ...

The research, published in The Lancet, found that the introduction and rapid rise of vaping in New Zealand has had little to no impact on the rate of decline in daily smoking among 14-15-year-olds ...

Automated insulin delivery is a new technology used to control diabetes that could risk diabetic retinopathy deterioration. Research done in Dunedin has now demonstrated these systems are safe for the ...

A new dermatophyte species has rapidly emerged in the Indian subcontinent over the last decade, and a New Zealand study shows ...