A cup of tea a day will keep the bugs away, swears Dilmah founder Merrill J Fernando.
Passing through Marlborough on holiday after visiting Massey University to follow-up on some tea research, Mr Fernando is the walking, talking promoter of the health benefits of tea.
Just look at him.
At 77 he is still active and has been [...]
The grandmother of an 11-day-old baby who died of a drug overdose in Christchurch Women’s Hospital has lodged a complaint with the country’s health watchdog.
Vicky Haines, of Hornby, laid a complaint with the Health and Disability Commissioner this year over the death of her grandson, Finn Greig, last July.
The commission this week confirmed it was [...]
An independent panel will conduct an inquiry into the deaths of three mental patients in the care of Christchurch’s Hillmorton Hospital.
It is understood that two patients died while in care at Hillmorton in the last 10 days, and they died within 48 hours of each other.
The deaths, thought to be suicides, will be referred to [...]
The grandmother of an 11-day-old baby who died of a drug overdose in Christchurch Women’s Hospital has lodged a complaint with the country’s health watchdog.
Vicky Haines, of Hornby, laid a complaint with the Health and Disability Commissioner this year over the death of her grandson, Finn Greig, last July.
The commission this week confirmed it was [...]
Exide Technologies faces tough penalties as authorities prosecute the battery recycler for a second time for allegedly discharging lead dust illegally.
The multinational company has again been charged with breaching resource consent conditions at its Petone lead smelter.
But it refuses to say whether it will plead guilty when the case is heard in the Environment Court, [...]
Researchers at Cambridge Consultants have devised a single chip based platform that allows medical devices to transmit data wirelessly that is expected to sell at about $10.
The “Vena” platform is targeted at people with chronic conditions who will be able to monitor their own health accurately, systematically and independently.
Cambridge Consultants (Cambridge, England) says the single [...]
Patients in Norfolk have been promised a host of health improvement measures in a plan which was today agreed by the county’s health bosses.
A Health Improvement Strategy underpins NHS Norfolk’s priorities for the delivery of healthcare for the next three years with a variety of targets including smoking, obesity and sexual health.
NHS Norfolk’s director of [...]
 Asta Care nursing home in Bloomington is challenging a $22,500 fine for allegedly not protecting patients from a sexual offender.
The state public health department says the staff of Asta Care at 1509 north Calhoun also failed to adequately screen the man who was identified as a sexual offender by behavior shown at a previous facility. [...]
South Australia wants a cap on groundwater diversions from the Murray-Darling Basin agreed on at Wednesday’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting, SA Premier Mike Rann says.
Mr Rann said he hoped commonsense would prevail when state and territory leaders met with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in Adelaide.
Victoria is the sole Murray-Darling Basin state to baulk [...]
The rising cost of health care was the focus of a panel discussion Tuesday morning in downtown Dayton.
The Dayton Business Journal’s Business of Health — Benefits featured four health care leaders who discussed why health care costs are going up and what businesses can do about it. More than 100 people attended the event, held [...]
