May is a great time for people who smoke to consider setting a quit date.

Tuesday 31 May marks World Smokefree Day, an international event created by the World Health Organisation to support and celebrate smokefree lives.

Two devastating earthquakes have not stopped the Canterbury District Health Board from staying focused on delivering a full range of health services to its community including electives.

 I believe that the right of teens who have abortions to keep the news confidential from parents and caregivers should be respected.

Auckland, New Zealand, 16 May 2011 - Auckland company Vensa Health has received an investment boost to further its research and development of technology that enables interactive mobile communications between health providers and patients.

ALRANZ said today it was concerned that the understandable anguish felt by a mother whose 16-year-old daughter had an abortion without her mother's knowledge would be used by those opposed to reproductive rights to again call for mandatory parental notification for teenagers seeking abortion care

May 17 is Workchoice Day and Capital & Coast DHB will be offering a unique insight around 70 students from across 7 schools in the Wellington region.

ZESPRI has been notified by Toi Te Ora - Public Health Service and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) that a Bay of Plenty-based kiwifruit picker has contracted the gastrointestinal bacterial disease, typhoid.

Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia is shocked that a tobacco company would claim 'it is not hard to quit smoking'.

The statement was made by the head of a major international tobacco company at its annual shareholder meeting.

World Smokefree Day could be the perfect opportunity to increase your bank balance. For a 20-a-day smoker, quitting the habit can amount to an extra $100 a week, $400 a month or over $5000 a year. That's a nice bonus.

As supermarket free offers go this could be the best one you'll ever get. On Saturday 14 May* shoppers at around 130 New World and Pak'n'Save supermarkets can get a free blood pressure test which might just save someone's life.