Influenza A: Mangatāwhiri mum loses leg after pneumonia and sepsis
She’d had the flu for about a week – with a gastro bug on top – when she…
Rosie O’Donnell reveals Michelle Trachtenberg’s alleged struggles before death
Rosie O’Donnell claims Michelle Trachtenberg struggled with addiction before her death, calling the loss of her Harriet the…
All Blacks: Sonny Bill Williams out of hospital after surgery complications
He also treated fans to some more gruesome pictures of his stitched wound, and after it had been…
Visa costs kept her from seeing her son’s star World Cup moment. Now she’s going.
Vozinha’s mother, Ana Candida Evora, will now be able to secure a visa in time to attend Cape…
Nascar champion Kyle Busch died of sepsis complications from pneumonia
“The medical evaluation provided to the Busch family concluded that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid…
Stitched up? Why the risks of offshore weight loss surgery are troubling NZ doctors
NZ doctors are finding themselves caring for patients who require medical help following gastric bypass and gastric sleeve…
Juan Pedro Franco, once world’s most obese man at 590kg, dies at 41
The Daily Mail reported that Franco later underwent a series of life-changing weight-loss surgeries and embarked on a…
Stone Roses bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield cause of death confirmed, funeral to take place Monday
Mounfield’s death was announced via social media by his brother Greg Mounfield. “It is with the heaviest of…
Australian mother Chloe Mowday in induced coma after Vietnam cosmetic surgery complications
“Her body had shut down all her organs,” he said. “The wonderful doctors have brought her back though…
Maternity swab left inside woman after birth; HDC ‘highly critical’ of Health NZ mistake
Six weeks later, it was found by the GP, who removed what smelled “like a dead body”. Findings…
Health NZ urges caution as more Kiwis suffer complications from overseas surgery
Watson travelled from her Feilding home to the Medicana International Clinic in Istanbul for the same surgery in…
Novo, Lilly weight-loss drugs should be first option obesity treatments, European doctors say
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk’s and Eli Lilly’s blockbuster weight-loss drugs should be the first medicines doctors…