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03.17.10
Study Suggests Older Non-Smokers Gain Most From Tobacco Ban

Older people who have never smoked benefit most from smoking bans, a study suggests. A study in New Zealand showed that, three years after a smoking ban on all workplaces was introduced, hospital admissions for heart attacks among men and women aged 55-74 fell by 9 per cent. This figure rose to 13 per cent for 55-74 year olds who had never smoked...

10.13.09
Most Critical And Fatal Cases Of 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Initial Outbreak Were Healthy Adolescents And Young Adults

A cluster of new studies examining intensive care unit (ICU) cases of 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) swine flu in the initial outbreak of the disease in Mexico, Canada, and then later in Australia and New Zealand, has once again pointed to the unusual propensity for the most severely affected patients to be relatively healthy adolescents and young adults.

06.29.09
Patient Notes - Clarity For Insurers And Doctors

Doctors will have greater clarity around releasing a patient's full medical notes to insurance companies after the Privacy Commissioner concluded that the law allows insurers to collect only the information that they need to make insurance decisions. The Privacy Commissioner received a request from the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) to look into insurers' requests for full patient notes.

06.23.09
Clinical trial raises hope for Australian diabetics to be insulin free

A clinical trial for a new treatment for type 1 diabetes which potentially eliminates the need for daily insulin injections will commence in New Zealand by Australian company Living Cell Technologies (LCT).

06.23.09
Clinical trial raises hope for Australian diabetics to be insulin free

A clinical trial for a new treatment for type 1 diabetes which potentially eliminates the need for daily insulin injections will commence in New Zealand by Australian company Living Cell Technologies (LCT).