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Major changes are needed to reach the Government's Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 target.
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"Because of the donor, I'm now able to be a mother, a wife, a daughter and a friend."
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The NZ Medical Association and a trauma network are both opposed to boxing.
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A new supplement claims to slow the effects of ageing but not everyone is convinced.
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A nurse convicted of laundering $300,000 in drug money will no longer be able to practice.
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Kiwis joining the likes of Kylie Jenner and Victoria Beckham in reversing cosmetic surgery
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Aucklanders found themselves in a snow flurry in August, 2011 but it won't happen today.
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Adding folic acid to all packaged bread could save 10 babies from a neural tube defect.
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The BCG vaccine is available for the first time in two years following a global shortage.
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A commissioner found the DHB failed to ensure the surgeon was fit to practise.
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Almost quarter of Kiwi women drink during their first trimester of pregnancy.
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Croatian football fans are celebrating this morning after a historic Football World Cup.
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Schools are still selling sugary drinks and kids are being bombarded with junk food ads.
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Hospitals are ramping up preparations for when up to 30,000 nurses strike on Thursday.
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Auckland University is taking steps to re-establish a relationship with the firm.
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Nurses at Middlemore are wearing emergency alarms as the number of violent assaults rises.
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Urgent action needed to halt the growth of waistlines, researchers say.
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A drug being trialled to help diabetics control weight and blood sugar looks promising.
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A morbidly obese man who could walk no more than 20m at a time can now live a normal life.
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Nurses and midwives offered 12.5 per cent pay increase in latest negotiations.
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Jess Davenport-Lee's heart could stop beating at any moment but all she can do is wait.
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The gynaecologist assumed the woman was getting six rounds of chemotherapy. She wasn't.
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A move to reduce the amount of sugary drinks sold in Australia could be considered in NZ.
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Don't be afraid to talk about poos and bums – it just might save your life.
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Maternal death rate drops for the first time in 10 years but neonatal deaths a worry.
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Doctors failed to tell a woman her cancer was more serious than first thought.
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About 80 per cent of Kiwis know someone with dementia. So how do we deal with that?
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More screen time and the pull of unhealthy food are causing Auckland kids to get fatter.
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A new study will see MRI scans study the development of the brains of premature babies.
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An Auckland man captured a photo of a rare meteorological phenomenon last night.
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Teenagers who don't exercise have a higher risk of developing mood disorders.
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A former lawyer is disappointed with the punishment a senior barrister received.
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Thousands of women took a pregnancy test which may have caused deformities in babies.
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Active kids have less excess fat, a study has shown.
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Could being a man or being raised by a solo parent have an impact on your weight?
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Health Minister David Clark says that patient safety is not at risk.
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It's been a year and no decision has been made on funding for cancer drug Keytruda.
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The $66 million question - why is it costing so much to run our district health boards?
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At the top of a sick boy's bucket list is meeting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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More than 10,000 Kiwis end up in isolation each year with the longest a 115-day spell
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Doctors didn't think Cooper Snowdon would ever breathe on his own again - they were wrong.
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All Val Ireland wants is to be able to face herself in the mirror again.
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"About 5 minutes into it they just saw me fall over. They thought I was just joking."
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Jason Guttenbeil should be dead by now but a miracle drug has him looking to the future.
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A teenager with mumps, who was misdiagnosed by three doctors, fears she infected hundreds.
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Kiwi musician Nathan Haines goes under the knife to remove throat cancer.
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Fentanyl is up to 100 times stronger than morphine but it's being used more and more.
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Figures from the country's 20 district health boards have been revealed.
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Doctors didn't think Cooper Snowdon would ever breathe on his own again - they were wrong.
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A midwife who was suspended from practicing provided midwifery services to a friend.
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A pharmacist sold large amounts of addictive drugs to people without prescriptions.
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Up to 6000 New Zealand babies could benefit from the findings of a New Zealand study.
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Kiwi researchers are developing a strong, anaesthetic as an opioid alternative
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Cancer patients are having to wait months for treatment as hospitals struggle to keep up.
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Eva McGauley has terminal cancer but a miracle drug has seen her tumours disappear.
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Briefings: Areas of patient safety need more work the Health Minister has been told.
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Briefings: Disparity in the funding for some amputees made known to the Government.
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The Health Minister criticised National's obesity targets, but what will he do?
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An Auckland woman fell into a coma four days after giving birth to her third child.
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Seven children with disabilities are the new owners of ride-in electric toy cars.
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It might have saved Barry Joblin but the Cancer Society is warning against relying on apps
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School kids are decorating owl statues to show their support for cancer kids.