The UK's public health service, the NHS, has rapidly expanded outsourcing since 2008 to try to cut public waitlists. It now ...

Problems with the hospital's "too small" emergency department are outlined in information prepared for former Health Minister ...

A new roadside drug-testing regime may see law-abiding citizens with legal prescriptions barred from driving for a period of ...

While the exact causes of OCD are unclear, researchers know that both genetic and environmental factors play a role in its development. OCD can run in families; studies attribute between 40% to 65% of ...

The person at the centre of a new measles alert in Auckland is a crew member on a Fullers360 ferry, the company has confirmed ...

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Tatau Kahukura, the Māori health chart book, has, since the first edition in 2006, provided a snapshot of the health of Māori ...

Getting to grips, Auckland ...

The cutting edge is a nice place to hunt for new music. Although nothing is really new, a formidable skill in recycling and a ...

More than 5000 senior hospital doctors and specialists have walked off the job for an unprecedented 24-hour strike in protest ...

At the funeral of 94-year-old Sāmoan ali’i matai Pesetā Misipati Iosefa, Lucy O’Hagan reflects on the intertwining stories of ...

A comprehensive international study found women with endometriosis are at 7 times the risk of surgical menopause (involving the removal of both ovaries) and face a higher risk of premature menopause ...