Polypharmacy For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, ...

News All news Business Health IT Off duty In the spotlight Photo galleries That's interesting Opinion All opinion Columns Bulletins Classifieds View classifieds Place classifieds Educate All Education ...

Passing sweeping changes to pay equity law under urgency is hugely concerning, the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) say. NZAC President Sarah Maindonald says the rushed the Pay Equity ...

Higher intakes of black tea, berries, citrus fruits and apples could help to promote healthy ageing, new research has found. This study conducted by researchers from Edith Cowan University, Queen’s ...

The New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) is deeply concerned by New Zealand First’s proposed Member’s Bill, which seeks to legally define “man” and “woman” solely based on biological sex.

Women who suffer from endometriosis have an increased risk of premature and early menopause, both naturally and surgically, University of Queensland researchers have found. A comprehensive ...

Bianca Yu enjoys an ocean dip and splits her time as a GP between Tawa Medical Centre and Whakamātūtū, a mental health recovery clinic in Pōneke Wellington ...

A vaccinologist behind a ground-breaking study into the safety of Covid-19 vaccines is worried US funding cuts could undermine vaccine confidence. The Global Vaccine Data Network, run from Auckland ...

In a report released today, deputy health and disability commissioner Rose Wall has provided commentary on the care of a man with Parkinson's disease following a complaint to the HDC from a care home ...

Five researchers from across the motu are receiving funding for research to improve cancer outcomes for whānau Māori. Te Kāhui Matepukupuku o Aotearoa (the Cancer Society of New Zealand) and Hei Āhuru ...

Today Women’s Refuge releases a new report never undertaken in Aotearoa before looking at the prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in victims of family violence. The report, part of a wider ...