Dry eye disease Optometrist Ryan Mahmoud and vision correction specialist Mo Ziaei discuss the diagnosis of dry eye disease in general practice using the most appropriate screening tools and tests.

Renee Taylor relates her experiences as a dysphagia-specialist speech-language therapist working in aged care. She looks at what can be done to minimise risks and enhance quality of life for ...

The primary healthcare sector needs a funding boost of between $353 million and $1.36 billion to address unmet need, says a Te Whatu Ora aide-mémoire to the minister of health from January this year ...

1. IARC. Occupational exposure as a firefighter. IARC Monogr Identif Carcinog Hazards Hum 2023;132:1–730. 2. Larigot L, Benoit L, Koual M, et al. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor and its diverse ligands and ...

Associate Minister of Health Casey Costello and Minister for ACC Matt Doocey have announced today that the Government has invested over $21 million in additional funding into Hato Hone St John. “Hato ...

For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine ...

Urine samples are the most frequent specimen type received in the clinical microbiology laboratory, and a subject of much discussion. This article aims to point clinicians towards urine diagnostic ...

On 12 September New Zealand’s National Cervical Screening Programme will switch to human papillomavirus testing, used in both the UK and Australia. The new screening method, with the option to ...

The Western Bay of Plenty PHO invested $150,000 in joining the Practice Plus telehealth service, according to the PHO’s 2024 annual financial report ...

New Zealand’s Pacific population is young, growing and requires a targeted approach from general practice says Northland GP and RNZCGP Pacific Chapter vice-chair Aniva Lawrence ...

Terminally ill survivors of Lake Alice abuse will receive a government redress payment in a “first step” towards reparation for those who suffered at the hands of the State ...

Rural locum and keen photographer Martin London reflects on a skill learned as a schoolboy that he wishes he’d used more in later life It’s the hardest thing, says George, just paying attention, being ...