Scientists have discovered a new blood test that could detect Alzheimer’s disease three and a half years before a clinical diagnosis. The blood-based test that could predict the risk of the... Read more
A drug-checking organisation is warning partygoers about the danger of drugs being sold as something they are not. File photo. Photo: 123RF Know Your Stuff deputy manager Jez Weston says the... Read more
Today’s decision on alert levels has made Aucklanders happy and some are looking forward to rules being even further relaxed. Auckland’s CBD. Photo: RNZ / Simon Rogers It’s... Read more
It is back to basics with the government’s latest Covid-19 tracking tool – a paper pamphlet to be used by anyone who does not have a smartphone. More than two million people have... Read more
The person who has been confirmed to have New Zealand’s first case of the Covid-19 coronavirus “followed all of the steps you would hope would be followed”, says the Health... Read more
If you want to lose weight, dieting is not helping most people – fat, appetite and metabolism conspire to defeat our best laid plans, says a bariatric surgeon. Dr Andrew Jenkinson has... Read more
Of the 916 reported cases of adverse events at district health boards and other health providers in the last year, only 58 involved Māori patients. The Health Quality and Safety Commission h... Read more
