New Zealand Health News

Some non-urgent surgery at Wellington Hospital has been postponed following a chemical leak today. A worker accidentally cut a chemical pipe this morning, causing a formalin leak in a staff area at the hospital's clinical services building. Spokesman Michael Tull...

Her death is the first H1N1-related within the boundaries of the Central District Health Department, which covers Ada, Boise, Valley and Elmore counties. At least three people have died in Canyon County, which is in the Southwest District. All three...

Sir Don Beaven, at a celebration of his life in 2005. A renowned Christchurch medical professor has died in a house fire on Banks Peninsula. Sir Don Beaven, an authority on diabetes and a former chairman of the Canterbury Area...

20:10 Shock new figures have put a dollar figure on what one of the most preventable diseases is costing the country. Research for the Cancer Society puts the cost of skin cancer to New Zealand at $123,000,000 a year. Treatment...

The number of New Zealanders diagnosed with diabetes now exceeds 200,000 for the first time, the Ministry of Health says. In addition to those who had been told they had the disease, about 100,000 had it but had not yet...

Waitemata District Health Board is giving the green light to a new renal unit that can treat up to 48 dialysis patients a day. Work will start on the $9.2 million building at North Shore Hospital next year and it...

Fiji will turn its clock forward by one hour from the 29th of this month to April 25, 2010. The re-introduction of the daylight saving was approved by Cabinet in its meeting last Tuesday. Daylight saving was introduced in 1998...

A type of sugar claimed to be the world's first "healthier choice" sugar will be launched in Auckland today. Chelsea Sugar said LoGiCane, was the world's first all-natural low glycemic index (GI) cane sugar to be available in New Zealand....