Obesity is currently defined using a person’s body mass index, or BMI. This is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of height (in metres). In people of European descent, the BMI ...

Veterans’ Affairs and a pan-iwi charitable trust have teamed up to extend the reach and range of support available to veterans in the Bay of Plenty, Veterans Minister Chris Penk says. “A major issue ...

The five members reappointed to the Waitangi Tribunal are: ...

Just over a month ago, we shared the heartbreaking news that OutLine Aotearoa, after 50 years of tautoko for Rainbow communities, might have to close its doors. We asked for awhi and launched a ...

A baby has died from whooping cough two months into an epidemic in New Zealand. Health officials declared an epidemic late ...

With a rapidly growing population, there is a growing need for primary care health services in Queenstown and beyond. General Practitioner and practice co-owner, Dr Kim Hurst, talks to us about why ...

Research on the care of pregnant women in prison in the UK is sparse, but shows that pregnant women in prison are less likely to receive antenatal appointments and face heightened risks of ...

The tragic news comes as health services across Aotearoa New Zealand continue to respond to a nationwide whooping cough epidemic, with 1,232 cases notified since the onset of the epidemic (from 19 ...

With a rapidly growing population, there is a growing need for primary care health services in Queenstown and beyond. General Practitioner and practice co-owner, Dr Kim Hurst, talks to us about why ...

After committing to a global plan to eliminate cervical cancer, New Zealand is lagging behind Australia and other countries in how it manages this preventable disease. Each year approximately 175 New ...

There has been a shift away from the use of more reliable hormonal methods of contraception to less reliable fertility awareness methods among women requesting abortion in England and Wales over the ...

Residents in the lower South Island remain in the dark about the future of the new Dunedin Hospital as costs continue to rise. In September, the government announced a budget blowout and asked Health ...