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Study: Avoiding ultra-processed foods might double weight loss

NY Times: There’s benefit to choosing minimally processed foods over ultra-processed ones.

Julie Anne Genter: Time to prioritise public good over private gain

The Green Party calls for renewed investment in public services and climate action.

All the gear and no idea? The only equipment Kiwis actually need to get fit

Beginning your fitness journey? Here's where to start.

Could dementia patients benefit from an AI companion?

New York Times: Experts say new tech has significant potential – and risk.

The unsettling rise of eating disorders in NZ – is social media to blame?

Rose has veneers to replace the damage to her teeth from vomiting.

Smoothies: Health boost or sugary trap?

Telegraph: Are smoothies better than juice and which are the best for our health?

The seven worst drinks for your gut health (and what to have instead)

Telegraph: Why your favourite drinks may be harming your gut health.

My bad diet and stressful job gave me a leaky gut – here’s how I turned it around

Telegraph: How changes in diet helped one woman manage MS symptoms.

It turns out there’s a right and wrong way to pee

Washington Post: Why certain bathroom habits may cause future problems.

'Stressed, depressed, lost': Father's push to revolutionise ADHD support

'My mission ... is to make the Bay of Plenty the Silicon Valley of neurodiversity.'

Health NZ considering sending cancer patients to Oz, citing gynaecologist shortage

NZ has half as many gynaecology oncologists per capita as is recommended internationally.

Sam Egger: Youth vaping is a problem, let's look at the evidence

OPINION: Vaping rates rose from 9.7% in 2023 to 11.1% in 2024.

Editorial: Rebuilding trust key to tackling vaccine hesitancy

OPINION: Nationally, 77% of children were vaccinated by 24 months old last year.

'Just the start': AI innovation aims to boost GP efficiency

PLUS: A doctor's verdict on AI scribes.

Cecilia Robinson: Pharmac must adopt smarter, more flexible funding approaches

OPINION: Its role can no longer be confined to doing more with less.

He wanted a fuller head of hair. He got a lower sperm count

New York Times: Hair loss medication finasteride may impact male fertility.

After I retired, my drinking skyrocketed - here’s how I finally quit

Telegraph: What happens when alcohol starts to ruin your retirement?

Hashed out: Proposed three-way cannabis company merger becomes two

Dr Waseem Alzaher cited cultural misalignment as a reason for withdrawing from the deal.

Non-smokers: A new face of lung cancer patients

New York Times: About 10-25% of lung cancers now occur in people who have never smoked.

How Govt sliced $200m off the cost of new Waikato medical school

ANALYSIS: The medical school was originally mooted to cost $380m but will now cost $232m.

I wore a glucose tracker to monitor my holiday weight gain – here's what happened

Telegraph: What does a week of holiday indulging do to your health in the long run?

Gynaecologist stuck in cleaning job as hundreds of Kiwi women wait for specialist care

'I’ve seen so many women here desperate for help ... and I can only offer advice.'

'Dangerous' run it straight concerns ignored by Govt officials before teen's death

Papers show it was treated as a private issue but is now the subject of top-level talks.

On The Up: 'For mum or dad' - transportable homes are retirement village alternatives

Families with extra ground on their properties are buying small homes for ageing parents.

The Wellbeing Protocol reckons community funding can be done way better

The Wellbeing Protocol wants to change how community funding works – with a clever app.

Should you be ‘fibremaxxing’?

NY Times: A familiar concept gets a Gen Z rebranding - but is it nutritionist-approved?

Eight everyday foods that lower your risk of a heart attack (and one of them is chocolate)

Telegraph: The science-backed foods that could help reduce heart attack risk.

Neck chain drags man into MRI machine

New York Times: The man, who was not authorised to be in the room, was critically injured.

Analysis: The $3.1b the Govt could grab - and those who would be left empty-handed

The unexpected need to account for $3.1b after a small appeals board made a big call.

Party island: Club drugs strain health system on Ibiza

NYT: In peak season, more than a quarter of all calls for ambulances are to nightclubs.

Editorial: Cost-of-living crisis hits harder in winter

OPINION: About one in 10 children lack a safe, warm bed in New Zealand.

Labour calls for free tests as Government struggles with cervical cancer elimination

Health officials say there is no funding for free HPV self-tests for most people.

'Broken promise': Minister defends cancer screening rollout, won't fully kick in until 2029

The Government's staggered delivery of scheme has been criticised by Labour.

Tax break? Govt urged to make it cheaper for employers to provide health insurance

But the change could cost the Crown hundreds of millions of dollars.

‘My husband’s diabetes destroyed our sex life – here’s how we saved our marriage’

Telegraph: Diabetes can often affect the sex lives of many men.

'Family endured difficult tenancy': Rental managers fined $9700

Tenants rented place for 18 months but tribunal upheld complaints about the Auckland home.

Does breathing actually matter for your workout?

New York Times: Some claim breathing techniques can boost workouts - is this true?

'Negligent': First mother-baby HIV cases diagnosed in NZ in 20 years

Routine screening had effectively eliminated perinatal HIV cases – until now.

Push Gummies halts sales amid creatine content controversy

A British fitness influencer has questioned the level of creatine in the product.

I’m a longevity doctor. These are my daily habits to stay young

Telegraph: Dr Mohammed Enayat starts every day barefoot in the garden.

Robert Beaglehole: NZ is on the cusp of smokefree history – we should celebrate

OPINION: Smoking rates in New Zealand have dropped to under 7% in six years.

My weight ballooned after I gave up drinking - here’s how I finally quit both addictions

Telegraph: Battling sugar cravings after giving booze the boot.

Pilot sacked over Covid-19 vaccine: Union explains support

'All he wanted was leave without pay': Union says Jetconnect unreasonable in vaccine case.

I’m a gastroenterologist - here’s why I tell my patients to eat this one fruit

Washington Post: The fruit that can best boost your gut health.