Daylight saving starts this Sunday and it's a timely reminder we need to dig out our sunhats, wrap-up clothing, sunglasses and sunscreen.

Hundreds of patients have added to the backlog of people waiting for images and surgery during a national radiographers' strike.

Wellington, Aug 19 NZPA - A Wellington surgeon who has been the subject of numerous complaints about failing to properly inform patients has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 in fines and costs after the death of a patient.

In the expansive region of Australasia-which includes Australia, New Zealand and neighboring islands-Auckland Radiation Oncology Centre (ARO) is the first to use Elekta VMAT, treating a patient with prostate cancer using a single 100-second arc of radiation.

Low Dose Brachytherapy is the best treatment for Australian and New Zealand men diagnosed with prostate cancer according to visiting U.S. expert Dr Robert Lee.

Indoor tanning/ sunbed business Get Brown Tanning hopes that a UV Workshop concluding today in Queenstown will give the New Zealand public a better understanding of ultraviolet light and its role in human health.

Lakes DHB has received formal notification of strike action from APEX, the Association of Professionals and Executive Employees Inc, the union for Medical Radiation Technologists.

Hawke's Bay District Health Board (HBDHB) regrets to advise that it has received two further notices of industrial action by members of the Association of Professionals and Executive Employees (APEX) who are Medical Radiation Technologists, Darkroom Technicians, Radiology Clinical Assistants, Stu