Medtech led consortium wins mental health contract New Zealanders with moderate to mild depression will soon have free access, through their GPs, to a new online therapy service called "Beating the Blues".

By Mary Longmore of NZPA

Wellington, Sept 3 NZPA - Obesity specialists today called for an end to the stigma over obesity surgery in New Zealand, claiming it is the most effective way of losing weight and keeping it off.

The leading recovery services provider Challenge Trust has engaged Chris Thornton, one of Australia's leading clinical psychologists in the treatment and research of eating disorders, to consult to the urgently-needed specialist eating disorders service it is launching in September.