Women May Have Natural Defense Against Common STD
Source: WebMD
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-30 11:36:27 -0700 | health-news
Women appear to have a natural defense against the world's most common sexually transmitted infection, a new study says. This natural protective barrier consists mainly of lactic acid bacteria -- called lactobacilli . The finding appears online May 29 in...
Trust kids more than 'smoke-free' parents (NZ Newswire)
Source: Xtra News
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-30 17:33:47 -0700 | health-news
Trust kids more than 'smoke-free' parents NZ Newswire May 31, 2013, 3:01 am Children are more likely to be telling the truth about people smoking in cars and homes than their parents, New Zealand researchers have confirmed. Parents were either...
Pacific nurses scholarships awarded (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-30 00:10:46 -0700 | health-news
Pacific nurses scholarships awarded Media Distribution, Fuseworks May 30, 2013, 6:30 pm The first recipients of the Medibank Community Fund scholarships for Pacific nurses have been recognised at Parliament at a Pasifika Medical Association event to honour and celebrate the...
Minister visits Christchurch blood centre site (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Christchurch :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-29 22:53:02 -0700 | health-news
Minister visits Christchurch blood centre site National Party, Fuseworks May 30, 2013, 5:07 pm Health Minister Tony Ryall today inspected construction progress at the new national blood donor and laboratory centre in Christchurch. Mr Ryall was joined by staff from...
Chemical Method Could Advance Alzheimer's Treatment
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-29 21:46:40 -0700 | health-news
Scientists at the University of Liverpool and Callaghan Innovation in New Zealand have developed a new chemical approach to help harness the natural ability of complex sugars to treat Alzheimer's disease. The team used a new chemical method to produce...
New facility to help find cancer cure (Newstalk ZB)
Source: Xtra News
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-29 18:42:36 -0700 | health-news
New facility to help find cancer cure Matt Chatterton, Newstalk ZB May 30, 2013, 1:25 pm A new research facility for a world renowned institute could help find cures for diseases like cancer. The Giles McIndoe Research Institute is setting...
Quit now! Give your lungs a chance
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-29 18:04:41 -0700 | health-news
Give your lungs a chance 31 May is World Smokefree Day 2013 Quit now, it's about whanau We say: Quit now!' You can do it with the right support! said Angela Francis, chief executive of the Asthma Foundation. Friday, 31...
MidCentral DHB first in New Zealand to utilise Cxbladder
Source: Scoop
Palmerston North :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-29 17:30:30 -0700 | health-news
MidCentral will be looking to provide patients with a better clinical outcome as well as make considerable savings and efficiencies from its use. Beginning in June, MidCentral DHB will begin evaluating 400 patients over a 24-month period to determine the...
Exciting new partnership for Arthritis New Zealand
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-29 21:50:43 -0700 | health-news
Arthritis New Zealand and Bupa Care Services have many shared goals, clients and initiatives for the future. There are a growing number of Bupa care homes and villages in New Zealand and many residents will have osteoarthritis or another of...
Doctors on alert over virus strain
Source: New Zealand Herald
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-29 11:46:03 -0700 | health-news
Doctors are being put on alert over a severe strain of hand, foot and mouth disease after some children were admitted to hospital. The childhood illness, which commonly infects babies and preschoolers, has also spread to some adults, which health...
Green-lipped mussel oil helps reduce exercise-induced asthma symptoms
Source: NewKerala
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-29 10:03:18 -0700 | health-news
Timothy Mickleborough, professor in the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, said his findings are similar to his studies involving fish oil but required a much smaller dosage of the supplement. His new study found a 59 percent improvement in lung...
Long journey to health
Source: Wellington Dominion
Palmerston North :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-28 21:14:05 -0700 | health-news
When Addie Torok turns 2 on Monday it will be her mother who is bald this time around. The Palmerston North toddler's birthday party comes after 15 months of chemotherapy, much of which was in isolation. Her mother, Tracy Torok,...
Petition on low vision services extended due to demand
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-28 19:13:44 -0700 | health-news
Petition on low vision services extended due to popular demand Media release. New Zealanders now have until 30 June to sign a petition to Parliament on the need for low vision services. Escalating public support for "an inquiry into the...
Risk management approach to aviation safety required?
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-28 18:10:53 -0700 | health-news
The Civil Aviation Authority is seeking the views of New Zealand's aviation sector on a proposal to require a risk management approach to aviation safety. The CAA is recommending a move to risk-based regulation, moving New Zealand in line with...
Art students fundraising for kidney transplant (Newstalk ZB)
Source: Xtra News
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-28 17:00:44 -0700 | health-news
Art students fundraising for kidney transplant Sophie Lowery, Newstalk ZB May 29, 2013, 11:29 am A group of Napier art students is fundraising for a kidney transplant between two classmates. Pagan Moon has donated her kidney to Michael Batista, who...
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