Smokefree 2025 will be Smokefree 2065 unless urgent government action is taken.

Researchers and experts in tobacco control, led by the University of Otago, Wellington and Hāpai te Hauora, have come up with bold new measures to achieve the 2025 target for New Zealand to be smokefree.

The theme of World Breastfeeding Week 2017 is "Sustaining Breastfeeding TOGETHER" and that is the message expressed in this Waikato DHB photo.

A newly appointed associate professor in EIT’s School of Nursing, Rachael Walker is as focused as ever on boosting health outcomes and reducing inequities for the people of Hawke’s Bay and beyond.

Today I met with the Associate Health Minister Hon Peter Dunne at his request to discuss the recent deaths in the Auckland region potentially connected to the use of synthetic cannabis.

An overhaul of smoking cessation services has had a significant impact on quit rates, Associate Health Minister Nicky Wagner says.

Insights into the role of chiropractic care in relieving pain indicate that it may be a safer alternative for many sufferers than commonly used medications, according to the New Zealand Chiropractors’ Association.

"Over 700,000 Kiwis have a respiratory condition, it’s the third leading cause of death and costs the country $6 billion each year," says Letitia O’Dwyer, Chief Executive from the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ.

The ongoing debate about the establishment of a medical school at Waikato University has shone a much needed spotlight on the state of New Zealand’s rural health services.

Hospice Kaipara celebrated their 25th anniversary of providing palliative care in the Kaipara with a function in the Dargaville Town Hall last Friday.

General Practitioners were astounded that surgical mesh injured women are forced to do the Ministry Of Health’s job.