health & science Rise of the health charity In an over-stretched funding environment more DHB-affiliated charities are plugging the holes. Nov 18 2019 Laura Walters
Justice Synthetics market evolves post-law changes The race is on as synthetics suppliers and manufacturers move to undetectable chemical compounds. Nov 15 2019 Laura Walters
Podcast: The Detail How DNA can turn your life upside down A bit of saliva in a tube can reveal through DNA that your world is not what you thought it was. Nov 13 2019 Newsroom Staff
health & science NZ needs a more nuanced discussion about suicide We’re finally talking about it, now it’s time for a more complex discussion on the societal drivers of NZ’s high suicide rate. Nov 11 2019 Laura Walters
environment Methane-detecting satellite run from NZ The new satellite, which will begin by focusing on the oil and gas industry, will be able to detect methane emissions even on individual farms or facilities. Nov 07 2019 Marc Daalder
Ideasroom An area where we can’t neglect nutrition Given the vast impacts that poor diet have had on global health, a deficit in nutrition education in medicine represents a big problem, writes Dr Jennifer Crowley. Oct 15 2019 Dr Jennifer Crowley
Week in Review Finally, good news on pancreatic cancer For the first time in 30 years, the University of Auckland’s Professor John Winston is feeling positive about the progress being made with notoriously hard-to-beat pancreatic cancer. Nov 07 2019 John Windsor
Comment Unvaccinated medical staff and the question of compulsion Public health campaigners seem more interested in telling us all how to live our lives than in protecting us from contagious disease. Nov 06 2019 Dr Eric Crampton
Week in Review Pharmacies flout homeopathy rule Eighteen months after it was introduced, pharmacies are still ignoring a rule requiring them to let a customer know if a product lacks evidence it works. Nov 06 2019 Farah Hancock
Week in Review Foulden Maar for public good, not pig food A site described as Dunedin’s Pompeii appears to be safe from the risk of mining after the Dunedin City Council announces its desire to buy Foulden Maar. Nov 05 2019 Farah Hancock
Ideasroom The moral pieces of the child obesity puzzle If child obesity were simple it would not generate the flurry of articles and discussions it does. Victoria University of Wellington’s Snita Ahir-Knight examines two pieces of the puzzle. Nov 05 2019 Snita Ahir-Knight
health & science Why fully vaxed hospital staff are getting measles Counties Manukau DHB has confirmed four of its measles-infected hospital workers were front-line staff, while immunisation experts have explained why some staff are getting measles despite being vaccinated. Nov 05 2019 Eloise Gibson
health & science Tears and frustration over health equity gap Māori DHB member in tears over widening equity gap, as board confronted with damning statistics and an unfit funding system. Nov 01 2019 Laura Walters
health & science English’s ‘gruesome’ abortion warning The former PM and his wife have used graphic descriptions of abortions prompting accusations that they’re “scaremongering”. Oct 31 2019 Dileepa Fonseka
Week in Review Hospital staff catching measles on the job At least 20 DHB staff have had measles this year – and at least six of them caught it on the job. So far, they don’t seem to have passed it to patients. Oct 31 2019 Eloise Gibson
