Health
Drug decision concerns raised
Two Dunedin doctors are among those who disagree with Prime Minister John Key over the implications of circumventing Pharmac to provide 12-month funding of the breast cancer drug Herceptin.
Dangers of bed sharing should be promoted - professor
More consistent messages about the dangers of bedsharing with babies are needed, child health experts say.
Call for city-country doctor contact
More interaction between clinicians in rural hospitals and Dunedin Hospital is needed, medical director of the University of Otago's Te Waipounamu Rural Health Unit, Dr Pat Farry says.
More use of rural hospitals' capacity urged
Dunedin mum's rare illness puzzles doctors
Increased collaboration for health services
Collaboration between Otago and Southland diabetes and endocrinology services is about to increase, with two Otago consultants soon to begin monthly outpatient clinics at Invercargill Hospital.
Girl responding well to cord blood treatment
A four-year-old Auckland girl has become the first New Zealand child to be successfully treated with her own umbilical cord blood.
Bird flu still a threat
Three years ago, bird flu - the H1N5 avian influenza virus which has infected 387 people around the world to date - made people very aware of the risk of a pandemic.
Food poisoning cost $83m
Food poisoning is costing New Zealand $83 million a year, says a new study for the Food Safety Authority.