PHARMAC has announced it will fund a new hepatitis C drug targeted to patients who carry a particular gene variant, […]
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A blood test for suicide risk? – experts respond
Researchers have identified series of blood biomarkers that they believe may help to identify individuals at risk of attempting suicide, […]
Continue readingGovt must ‘sort out’ conservation land in limbo – PCE
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, is calling on the government to “sort out” land classed as ‘stewardship […]
Continue readingCentral New Zealand struck by 6.6 quake
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake (upgraded from 6.2) struck the the middle of New Zealand at 2.31pm on Friday (August 16). […]
Continue readingBook urges NZ to ‘Get off the Grass’
Last night in Wellington Prof Shaun Hendy launched his new book Get Off the Grass, co-authored with the late Sir […]
Continue readingCampaign aims to unlock causes of autism
Autism researchers have launched a new campaign aiming to draw together scientists, health professionals and the community from across New […]
Continue reading‘How safe is our food?’ – Sunday Star Times
In the wake of Fonterra’s contamination scare, Adam Dudding takes a big picture look at food safety in New Zealand […]
Continue readingNZ ‘Health loss’ report in the news
How much good, healthy life is lost due to disease, injury and death in New Zealand? A new report from […]
Continue reading‘Stocktake’ estimates burden of disease in NZ
A new report from the Ministry of Health, “Health Loss in New Zealand” calculates the estimated Burden of Disease — […]
Continue readingClimate report in the headlines
The 2012 State of the Climate report, released this week by the American Meteorological Society, has been making headlines both […]
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