NZ Mental Health Awareness Week starts today. Here’s everything you need to know about getting involved and how you can get something out of the activities, events and resources on offer, no matter how big or small.
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One in four of us admits to self-diagnosing a food allergy or intolerance, but it’s not as harmless as people […]
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Sweet, juicy and fragrant – not to mention packed with amazing health benefits – mandarins make the ideal snack.
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Polluted air breathed in by mothers near busy roads can pass on black carbon particles on to unborn babies – causing miscarriages, premature births and low birth weights, new research shows.
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Endometriosis can make your menstrual cycle painful. But there are things you can do to help you feel better – here’s how to relieve endometriosis naturally.
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Our top health stories from the week, including: Weight loss without the diet; signs you have an iron deficiency; and the supplements that aren’t doing your health any good.
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Scientists have published an intriguing study on how coffee may be relied upon to do much more than just wake us up in the morning.
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Will you be having the chicken or the beef? A new study finds that white meat can be just as bad for your cholesterol as red meat.
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What causes high cholesterol you ask? There are in fact several causes including an unhealthy diet, a lack of exercise and poor lifestyle choices such as smoking and drinking too much alcohol.
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Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection. If left untreated, the Lyme disease infection can cause infection in the brain and the heart.
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New WHO Guidelines recommend specific interventions for reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia.
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A cure for heart failure could be on the horizon after scientists work out how to regenerate specialised cells in the muscle using gene therapy.
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Malaria is recognised as a killer – particularly in low-income countries – but less known is that worldwide, chronic disease of asthma a similar death rate and affects nearly one of every 20 people.
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As we consume more and more antibiotics, a new strain of gastro bug has been found in Australia that can’t be fought with traditional means of antibiotic treatment.
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Chronic eye conditions and dry eye disease are on the rise in Australia and are one of the most common […]
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A world-first study out of New Zealand aims to reveal the health benefits that conventionally-born babies may get in early […]
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For people living with Parkinson’s, taking medications on time, every time is critical. Almost 14,000 Australians are diagnosed with the disease every year. […]
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What do comedian Dan Aykroyd, singer Courtney Love and actor Sir Anthony Hopkins all have in common? They are all […]
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A vaccine to treat drug addiction is in the works. A Kiwi scientist is exploring a new treatment which would […]
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French scientists say they have proof that dogs can pick up the smell of an epileptic seizure. Humans emit hundreds […]
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A passenger who flew into Christchurch from Australia had the measles, adding to the regional outbreak of more than 35 […]
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A new 3D MRI scan is hoped to assist doctors in the care of babies born with congenital heart disease. […]
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Glow-in-the-dark zebrafish in a University of Auckland lab are overturning 100 years of medical thought about a vital bodily system, […]
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The University of Otago and K9 Medical Detection NZ are working together to investigate using dogs as a diagnostic tool […]
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