Health
'Joint Clinic' could be NZ model
An innovative "Joint Clinic" for patients with osteoarthritis, which starts at Dunedin Hospital this week, could become a model for similar clinics elsewhere in the country.
Health funding indecipherable
Students work to improve Pacific health
Call for bowel screening
Another 12,000 New Zealanders will have died from bowel cancer in the decade or so it could take to set up a national screening programme, Beat Bowel Cancer Aotearoa says.
Health expo for seniors
Senior Wakatipu residents stand to benefit from a major health expo promoting "positive ageing and staying healthy" for those aged 65 years and over.
Smokers 'save NZ money' - report
A Treasury report has admitted that smoking saves the Government money because smokers die earlier and pay more in tobacco tax than their health problems cost.
Southern ED targets static in past quarter
Despite record successes at other health boards, Southern District Health Board's (SDHB) emergency department targets remained static in the past quarter.
Little for those 'in most need'
There is little in the Budget that helps people who need it the most, Otago Presbyterian Support chief executive Gillian Bremner says.
Chance to eradicate polio once and for all
There is a looming danger the world could fall victim to its own success in almost eradicating polio, United Nations Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon writes.