Mike Houlahan

Dunedin  South Labour MP Clare Curran has some work to do to regain the trust of her constituents if voters spoken to yesterday by the Otago Daily Times are any guide.

The University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry is expanding, building a new teaching facility in South Auckland.

Everyone makes mistakes, but a doctor's mistake can be life changing. Health reporter Mike Houlahan lloks at what happens when things go wrong. 

An Otago woman who believes she was regarded as a "time waster" by her doctors is now dying from a cancer which was not spotted on an MRI scan.

Toni Adie-Kinraid is not about sugar-coating things or wasting time.

Bowel screening has detected one case of cancer in the four months since the programme was launched in the southern region.

An increase in the number of people with dementia means New Zealand urgently needs to address gaps in the law concerning mental capacity, a Dunedin researcher says.

The Medical Council will assess the competence of a doctor whose failure to follow up a scan result has left a Dunedin woman facing terminal cancer.

A Dunedin woman is dying of cancer and her doctor's competence to practise will likely be reviewed.

Surgery in New Zealand hospitals has a soundtrack, newly published research in the New Zealand Medical Journal says.

Opening  a mother and child hub in Wanaka will not address the region's main problem - a lack of midwives - a community group says.

The operators of Lumsden Maternity Centre believe the decision to downgrade the centre was based on an inaccurate comparison of data and are still considering taking legal action to maintain its...

Readers believe health money is distributed unfairly due to media coverage of funding decisions, new University of Otago research suggests.

Rising prices at the Dunedin Physio Pool have forced some long-time users to stop using the facility.

Ministry of Health staff were asked to review the Southern District Health Board's controversial maternity strategy, Health Minister David Clark said yesterday.