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Whooping cough outbreak in Northland

Northland is in the grips of a whopping cough outbreak.

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Staff blamed for 16pct oxygen starved babies

A study has found inadequate resuscitation contributed to an illness caused by oxygen starvation in one in six diagnosed babies.

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Eating disorder stats not full picture

Hundreds of New Zealanders seeking help for eating disorders are likely only the tip of the iceberg.

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A digital brain is being developed as a tool to teach high school students

Students to log in to see brain

A digital brain is being developed as a tool to teach high school students.

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Bowel cancer awareness gets no funding

New Zealand's forgotten cancer video

It's one of NZ's most diagnosed cancers, yet there's no national screening programme or funding for awareness.

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Hand, foot and mouth disease causes a rash

Starship admissions up on disease's spread video

Hand, foot and mouth disease is being blamed for an increase in admissions at Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital.

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Hamilton to end water fluoridation

Hamilton City Council has voted 7-1 to remove fluoride from the city's water supply.

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Dr Norman says his primary school had a nurse (file pic)

Nurses policy based on experience video

Russel Norman says his party's new policy to put nurses in schools is based on his own experiences growing up in Australia.

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About 5000 Kiwis die from smoking-related illness each year

Tax working in smoking battle video

New figures show a 15 percent drop in cigarette sales since the last tax increase in January.

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Tax increases are reducing cigarette use, research shows

Call to print warnings on cigarettes video

A university health professor is calling for warnings to be printed directly onto individual cigarettes.

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Clown Doctors want to expand so they're in every hospital in NZ (supplied)

Clowning around for Smile Day

NZ's clown doctors are launching their inaugural national 'Smile Day' today in a bid to boost their public profile and raise awareness of what they do.

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Deep-fried pies

Deep-fried pies impress locals video

Deep-fried meat pies have been added to the menu at Amy's Bar in Millers Flat, and residents are very impressed.

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Jo Partridge

Opinion: Burn victim's hospital treatment shocking

The Patridges had asked a series of questions about what happened, but had not heard anything back, so decided to chase it up with the hospital.

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Routine procedure ends in horrific burns video

A routine procedure that went horribly wrong left Greymouth mother-of-two Jo Partridge with horrific internal burns.

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Viruses can be used to kill bacteria

Using viruses to kill harmful bacteria video

Viruses' highly targeted nature has led to phage therapy – using viruses to kill harmful bacteria.

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Employers want workers to stop pulling sickies

Medical Council plans sickie crackdown video

The New Zealand Medical Council is proposing changes that could make faking a sickie that much harder.

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Health Minister Tony Ryall

Ryall: Hospitals raise their game

Hospital A&E departments are treating 94 percent of patients within six hours, latest data shows.

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The Government will put an extra $18.2 million over four years towards dedicated maternal mental health beds (File)

Extra help for maternal health

New health services will be targeted at mothers suffering post-natal depression and other mental illnesses.

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The new device means patients can have scans without being exposed to the x-rays that would be used in a CT scanner

People with ICDs can now have MRI scans video

An Auckland woman has notched up a first among patients with heart problems in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Post-grad student Shane Timmermans

36pc of Kiwis can't afford heating video

A survey shows more than one third of New Zealanders are expecting to struggle to heat their homes this winter.

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