Health

RSS
ACC reveal winter injury mishaps
ACC reveal winter injury mishaps

Soup, slippers, umbrellas, heaters and firewood aren't as comforting on a cold winter's day as you'd like, with all also…

Kimye 'need to focus' on baby

The early arrival of the baby of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West has prompted celebrity doctor, Dr Mehmet Oz, to warn the…

Blog: Time to rethink autism

Today is Autistic Pride Day. Some might ask, what is there to be proud of about being autistic? Surely autism is something…

Cigarette profits in NZ run out of puff

British American Tobacco Holdings New Zealand's profit was down almost 5 per cent in 2012.

Travellers' Tips

Flight check: Singapore SQ425 Flight check: Singapore SQ425

Graham Reid flies Singapore SQ425, Mumbai to Singapore…

Winston Aldworth: International earspace Winston Aldworth: International earspace

I'm a little fussy about the music I listen to.

More Travellers' Tips
Steroid rise worries drug expert
Steroid rise worries drug expert

Recreational steroid use by New Zealanders has been described as a "huge elephant in the room" by a leading voice in the…

'You're just at the top of your game'
'You're just at the top of your game'

Fred was in his mid-20s when a car accident on a busy Auckland road left him with serious injuries that would require months…

More Kiwis will die from steroid use
More Kiwis will die from steroid use

Steroids have claimed the lives of at least two New Zealanders and more are likely to follow.

Sex report slams Kiwi lessons
Sex report slams Kiwi lessons

Sex education is promoting sexual behaviour among young people and not showing all the risks, a new report claims.

Health

Head injury leaves Australian with French accent
Head injury leaves Australian with French accent

An Australian woman who now speaks with a French-sounding accent after a head injury eight years ago…

Blog: Dare to dream big

This is a fun exercise. It's also super-powerful. I used to get surprised when clients did this and amazing stuff started…

Tragic threat lurking in pursuit of perfection

Kris McKenzie loved his puppy, Oden. One day, inexplicably, Kris flew into a rage, grabbed Oden and threw him into a wall…

Saudi Arabia: Two more killed by SARS-like virus

Two more people have died in Saudi Arabia from the SARS-like coronavirus, the health ministry says, bringing the number…

Fitness Challenge: Resist and you'll reform
Fitness Challenge: Resist and you'll reform

Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown

Hospital malaise doing the rounds

In an unprecedented peek behind the closed doors of NZ's hospital wards, a junior doctor reveals the delays, duplication…

Long waits a hard pill to swallow

It is just after 8 o'clock on Friday night and Lee Mohr is doubled up in pain, alone at a bus stop outside Middlemore Hospital…

Child wins adult lungs

A 10-year-old cystic fibrosis sufferer is recovering at a Philadelphia hospital yesterday after receiving a set of adult…

Canada probes report of human mad cow cases

Four suspected cases of the human variant of mad cow disease, one of them fatal, have emerged in western Canada, local media…

For better or worse, until restless sleep do we part
For better or worse, until restless sleep do we part

I am gradually, but remorselessly, being pushed out of the marital bedroom. The presence of six cats…

Health Archives

Health & Wellbeing

The devil they know
The devil they know

Alan Perrott talks to people with the inside track on what’s out to get us and finds out how that knowledge affects their…

Where does size really matter?
Blog: Benefits of bath time
Shelley Bridgeman: Is ask.fm dangerous?
Most hands filthy after toilet - study
More Health & Wellbeing

© Copyright 2013, APN Holdings NZ Limited

Assembled by: (static) on red akl_n1 at 18 Jun 2013 19:25:01 Processing Time: 18ms