Small sleep, exercise and diet changes can cut heart attack and stroke risk
Exercise was the most important factor, followed by sleep, then diet. One person dies every 90 minutes from…
Specialist mental health team excluded from decisions on shared prison cells for mentally ill prisoners
Rob Fitzpatrick died at Auckland’s Mt Eden Corrections Facility. Photo / Annaleise Shortland. The review investigated the circumstances…
Easy swaps to avoid ultra-processed foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Ultra-processed foods have been linked to a range of poor health outcomes, from diabetes to obesity and heart…
Why ultra-processed food might not be as bad as we’re told – The Little Things
“Processing does have a really important purpose and it does enable us to also consume food that is…
TikTok’s mental health ‘rabbit hole’? It’s not in your head
She’s not imagining it. TikTok’s algorithm favours mental health content over many other topics, including politics, cats and…
New Apple Watch feature addresses hypertension – ‘the silent killer’
The tests take place in the background – you don’t notice them – over a month. Using data…
Starved of motion? Why our kids need a ‘movement diet’
Nicky Pellegrino Health writer·New Zealand Listener· 29 Oct, 2025 05:01 PM4 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess to…
Weight-loss medications in NZ: What we’re missing out on, according to a dietitian and a nutritionist
Henderson says that while New Zealand doesn’t yet have strong data on just how popular they’ve become here,…
Stray Bullet Causes Spectrum Internet Outage in Dallas According to Spokesperson
Spectrum Internet Customers Experience Unexpected Outage in North Texas In an unexpected turn of events, Spectrum internet users…
Cost-of-living crisis: Almost half of Kiwis going backwards financially
“The data definitely shows a challenging environment for Kiwis.” But Grange said women and the younger generation were…
Female-led start-ups got just 2.9% of venture capital funding in 2024
“These are appallingly low figures, but what makes them worse is the disparity. One in 10 venture capital…
Gen Z confidence in financial decisions falls as cost of living bites
According to the report, 62% of Gen Z said they would save their money if they had extra…