The Medical Council expected District Health Board (DHB) bosses to regularly check its website to determine whether the doctors they employed held a practising certificate, the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal was told today.

Wellington, Sept 23 NZPA - A-League soccer club Wellington Phoenix will be without first-team regular Tony Lochhead for at least eight weeks after it was today confirmed the New Zealand international would require surgery on his injured groin.

Wellington, Sept 22 NZPA - Health groups are warning women not to forgo regular breast cancer screening in favour of thermography because it has not been proved effective in detecting cancer.

Key health groups are expressing concern about the use of thermography as a breast cancer screening or diagnostic tool, following an increase in queries from women and GPs.

By Fred Woodcock of NZPA

Wellington, NZPA - A groin injury has ruled defender Tony Lochhead out of New Zealand's two home international soccer friendlies against Honduras and Paraguay next month.

Wellington, Sept 19 NZPA - Taranaki and Southland remain surprise pacesetters after a wild and woolly weekend of national provincial championship rugby.

Wellington, Sept 19 NZPA - Taranaki and Southland remain surprise pacesetters after a wild and woolly weekend of national provincial championship rugby.

Wellington, Sept 17 NZPA - Southland midfield back Kenny Lynn's rugby season has been cut short by a groin injury.

Lynn is to undergo surgery today, sidelining him for up to six months.

New Zealand Rugby League chief executive Jim Doyle today confirmed Manly winger Tony Williams had been removed from the Kiwi train-on squad named last week to prepare for the upcoming Four Nations and a one-off Test against Samoa.