The Community and Public Health division of Canterbury District Health Board has issued a health warning after high levels of faecal bacteria were found in consecutive samples taken by Environment Canterbury community volunteers from Akaroa at the main beach and Glen Bay.

The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) has been asked by the Otago Daily Times to clarify our media statement from 9 February entitled Dunedin Hospital pilot uncovers serious prescribing errors.

Getting your heart a 'warrant of fitness' and having a free health check will be a feature at this year's Te Matatini national kapa haka festival in Gisborne later this month.

Pregnant women who eat a lot of sugar-laden food could be compromising their babies' development, new New Zealand research suggests.

Research by a team at The University of Auckland's Liggins Institute has demonstrated a link between the consumption of sugar-rich diets during pregnancy and compromised fetal development.

Taumarunui Hospital's first nurse practitioner will start later this month.

Swimmers at Auckland beaches should beware of microscopic jellyfish stings. Auckland Regional Public Health Service advises swimmers to take care at Takapuna, Cheltenham, Narrow Neck and Red Beach following reports of rashes likely to be caused by stings from microscopic jellyfish.

Wellington, Feb 10 NZPA - The cost of major foodborne infections in New Zealand climbed to $162 million last year, figures show.

Wellington, Feb 9 NZPA - Problematic sexual behaviour affects the lives of some New Zealanders profoundly and those with a sex addiction are more likely to be more depressed, threatened and anxious about intimacy.

Tricia Spence has battled and beaten breast cancer but the path she took to do so is one untravelled by many.

She shared her story with Gisborne Herald health reporter Jessica Wauchop.