http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Health headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2012 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:00:11 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=204 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10783398&ref=rss A man has committed to making 425km journey down the mighty Waikato River - on a lilo.After suffering from depression for over two years, Jimi Hunt decided he needed to get fit, but he wasn't really one for gyms and marathons."Stuff... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:17:41 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10783356&ref=rss In the absence of a control Joan, we can't be certain that the face of the comedian Joan Rivers, after countless procedures, amounts to one of the most effective warnings imaginable against cosmetic surgery.Maybe if we could see... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:27:50 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10783357&ref=rss The office of plastic surgeon Ignacio Sousa is so packed that women are lined up outside the door.College students in their 20s, housewives in their 40s, middle-class office workers: nearly all are fearful that their breast implants... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10783345&ref=rss Some Auckland surgeons are being paid more than $6000 for a day's work at a public hospital.The Waitemata District Health Board scheme has divided doctors over concerns that the surgeons involved can earn nearly four times as much... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10783205&ref=rss Police shot and killed two protesters in Suez, Egypt, early today, a health official said, the first to die in clashes that erupted around the country after a riot at a soccer stadium killed 74, as sports violence spiralled into a... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:22:13 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10783152&ref=rss If you're struggling to lose weight, then be careful who you eat with. Scientists say we tend to consume a similar amount as our dining companions, and at the same pace.The findings apply most directly to women, who are more concerned... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:17:58 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782975&ref=rss When you're close to kicking the bucket it's not skydiving, more crazy love making or hiking Everest that you're going to wish you did. Not according to Australian palliative nurse, Bronnie Ware.Ware counsels people in their dying... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:28:20 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10783095&ref=rss A badly injured Aucklander whose lower left leg was amputated later found out that accident compensation officials wanted to influence independent rehabilitation assessments to limit the help she was given.Diane Smith, 53, said... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782988&ref=rss A fifth of gay and bisexual Auckland men with HIV are unaware they are infected, new research has found.The Otago University study is the first community-based biological measure of HIV to estimate of the rate of undiagnosed and... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:51:54 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782934&ref=rss A warning to men considering a pricey new treatment for prostate cancer called proton therapy: research suggests it might have more side effects than traditional radiation does.A study of Medicare records in the US found that men... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:32:47 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782913&ref=rss Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills in the US due to a packaging error that could raise the risk of an accidental pregnancy by leaving women with an inadequate dose.The problem affects 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:40:49 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782897&ref=rss Jonah Hill has revealed his weight loss is down to adhering to a Japanese diet. The Moneyball actor - who has been sporting a newly-trim physique in recent months - admitted while he wishes a "genie" could have made him instantly... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:55:10 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782935&ref=rss In the summer of 2007 the music stopped for Nick Coleman. For 30-odd years he had steeped himself in music - singing in a choir, playing trombone, soaking up medieval and modern-classical influences from his father, drenching himself... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782685&ref=rss More buildings on the Ashburton Hospital site may end up closed due to quake risk.The operating theatre block, dating back to the 1920's, was closed yesterday after a report highlighted a high risk of collapse.Two other building... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:09:25 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782650&ref=rss Four years ago, Andy Roddick publicly mocked Novak Djokovic's physical frailty. Here, suggested the American to a chuckling audience of tennis reporters in New York, was a fine tennis player but one too ready to raise the white flag... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:59:58 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782623&ref=rss Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? That's how sassy American songstress Katy Perry puts it. And, while my son is hooked on the hype, I find myself relating to the lyrics for a different... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782571&ref=rss Putting non-slip socks on the feet of unsteady patients has helped to cut serious falls by more than half at the Counties Manukau District Health Board.The socks, which are like those commercially available, have numerous tiny pieces... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782461&ref=rss A nurse who sent sexually explicit text messages to a mental health patient in his care has been suspended from practice.Collin Kora was accused of propositioning a colleague, sending explicit text messages to an "acutely unwell"... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:37:30 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782450&ref=rss A new $26 million integrated family health centre will be built on one site in Westport.The West Coast District Health Board said this afternoon the complex would be built on a single site, rather than split over two, and that aged... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:52:17 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10782411&ref=rss Ashburton Hospital's operating theatre block has been closed due to earthquake concerns.The Canterbury District Health Board closed the block this morning (Tue) following advice from external structural engineers based on inspections,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:47:53 +1200