Work is generally good for the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities, says the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
A public hearing on rules around the use of hydrogen peroxide as a dental whitener is expected to advance moves to stop pharmacies and other shops selling some over-the-counter products.
New Zealanders who do not have enough access to nutritious and affordable food have higher levels of distress than people who are well-fed, a new study has found.
Sanitarium has introduced a food labelling system to make it easier for consumers to identify what is in their food as the Government continue to mull over labelling changes.
The Pharmacy Guild is championing a new at-home bowel cancer screening kit, which has come under fire from the Ministry of Health and New Zealand doctors.
The number of New Zealand children being admitted to hospital with serious skin infections has almost doubled over the past two decades and could be linked to rising income inequalities, according to an Otago University researcher.
People who take a four-in-one combination pill daily could halve their heart disease and stroke risk, an international trial which received New Zealand funding has suggested.
The Government is being called on to do more to help autism sufferers, as Autism New Zealand pins hopes of saving its Waikato branch on a funding miracle.
Wellington's new regional hospital has been described as a "wonderful facility" by Capital and Coast District Health Board (DHB) representatives, but the huge cost of servicing its debt will present challenges into the future.
Saint Clair is often regarded as this country's supreme maker of sauvignon blanc - it makes at least 16 different wines from Vicar's Choice, through the premium range, to the 12 individualistic, single vineyard Pioneer Block sauvignons to the Reserve range, one of which is reviewed here.
One of the world's oldest whiskies, which lay undiscovered in ice in the Antarctica for more than 100 years, could turn into a financial windfall for the Christchurch-based Antarctic Heritage Trust.