Labour embraces GP-owned practices – up to a point
Opinion: In recent weeks the Labour Party has made three significant policy announcements on primary healthcare with specific…
Health minister walks alone down boulevard of broken dreams
Opinion: Local GPs will be required to see more than 80 percent of patients within a week, to…
Prisons operator Serco eyes NZ’s public health infrastructure needs
In March, at the Government’s infrastructure investment summit in Auckland, Health Minister Simeon Brown laid out the challenges…
Speed over safety – how MethaneSAT was lost in space
At $30 million, MethaneSAT was easily New Zealand’s largest ever investment in “space”. It is also by far…
Someone’s going to have to pony up for aged care – could this help?
The aged care sector has been crying out for help for decades. In the face of a rapidly…
Injectable drug helps asthma patients clear mucus-clogged airways
An anti-inflammation injectable drug can reduce mucus buildup and improve breathing among asthma patients, a new clinical trial…
Burnt out and fed up: when hard work backfires
A record number of New Zealanders are experiencing burnout, with a combination of job insecurity, tight economic times…
All eyes (and ears) on the gene tech bill
Opinion: As the government debates a major shift in gene technology legislation, nearly 30 years after the Hazardous…
Taranaki eruption poses ‘quite unique’ threat to energy security
New Zealand’s energy security depends on gas, but our only local source is sitting on top of an…
Living in an unequal society impacts the structure of children’s brains, study finds
Alterations in the thickness of the cortex in several regions of the brain—darker colors indicate a greater reduction…
Stress alters metabolic hormone with health consequences, study shows
Elevated serum FGF21 in MitoD is exacerbated in response to acute mental stress and correlated with disease severity.…
AI nutrition study finds ‘five every day’ may keep the doctor away
Alpha diversity comparison across physiological and dietary factors and demographic differences with respect to subsets of individuals differing…