New Zealand at risk of running out of some medicines if global catastrophe strikes – study
The study looked at 10 medicines including aspirin, amoxicillin and prednisone. File picture. Photo: 123RF New Zealand is…
Lifeline to cut operations if funding shortfall not plugged
Photo: 123RF A mental health support service says it will have to reduce its operations if it cannot…
Wegovy an instant hit among both patients and doctors – but with a warning
Wegovy is currently the only GLP-1 receptor agonist approved and available in New Zealand specifically for weight loss.…
People hospitalised as anaesthetic drug Etomidate found in vape pods
Etomidate, a medication used to induce general anaesthesia, has been detected in vapes sold under names like space…
Mental health professionals welcome $61 million funding boost
Photo: 123 RF Mental health professionals at an Auckland Conference are hopeful a funding boost of more than…
Mental health services fragmented, inaccessible – report
Karen Orsborn, Chief Executive of Te Hiringa Mahara Photo: Supplied The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is calling…
Mental health minister says it’s on Health NZ to fund recovery centre on the brink of closure
Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii The Mental Health Minister says it’s up to Health New Zealand to decide…
Mental health services fragmented, inaccessible – report
Karen Orsborn, Chief Executive of Te Hiringa Mahara Photo: Supplied The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is calling…
Teen took own life after porn triggered mental health struggle
File image. Photo: 123rf Warning: This story discusses suicide and mental health, and may upset some readers. A…
Conservationist Brad Windust slams Biosecurity NZ over hornet response
Photo: Biosecurity NZ Northland conservationist Brad Windust has slammed Biosecurity New Zealand’s response to the arrival of yellow-legged…
‘Not good enough’: Petition calls for urgent government action on youth mental health
Mental Health Foundation chief executive Shaun Robinson. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly The “terrible” state of youth mental…
Family Court releases ‘eccentric’ retired surgeon from compulsory mental healthcare
By Jeremy Wilkinson, Open Justice reporter of Photo: Supplied / LDR A retired surgeon who began exhibiting increasingly…