1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (507+ words) Earlier diagnosis of bowel cancer is the promise of using artificial intelligence to analyse people's gut to predict whether they are at risk of the disease. Researchers would train the AI on stool samples discarded after being tested as part…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (909+ words) The last permanent gastroenterology doctor has now left Palmerston North Hospital, leaving the region's digestive health needs in the hands of locum and temporary specialists. The hospital is funded for just under six full-time gastro specialists, but it doesn't have…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (884+ words) After spending three decades living and treating patients in a rural area, 77-year-old Clare Ward reflects on what it means to be welcomed in a tight-knit community. At a small rural settlement about a ferry trip and 30km from Rawene, Northland,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (214+ words) One person has died and three others remain in hospital after five cases of GHB overdose in Wellington on Friday. Police said the fifth person has been treated and discharged from medical care. Inspector Wade Jennings said the patients had…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (855+ words) A bill that would overhaul New Zealand's workplace health and safety laws has been back in the headlines this week, with protesters rallying against its second reading in Parliament. The Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill, introduced by the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1075+ words) Isolation periods for Covid-19 cases and close contacts will be reduced as the country goes through a new three-step approach to Omicron unveiled by the government this afternoon. Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall has provided more detail on the government's…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (320+ words) Travellers from countries where Covid-19 is rampant should go into quarantine for a week before they fly to New Zealand, a leading epidemiologist says. The country's quarantine system may need to be fine-tuned from time to time, says professor Michael…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (494+ words) The minister responsible for drug-buying agency Pharmac is doubling down on his call for it to make greater use of artificial intelligence, saying the technology could help assess medicines faster and improve decision-making, while keeping humans firmly in control. In…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (528+ words) The supplement retailer has recalled NZ Muscle Creatine and No Brand Creatine as they may contain undelcared dairy, NZ Food Safety has found. NZ Muscle has been forced to pull some creatine products that may contain undeclared dairy, with New…...

2+ day, 1+ min ago  (613+ words) Europe's record-breaking heatwave has claimed hundreds of lives, according to health authorities, as the continent battles through another day of scorching temperatures. At least 101 million Europeans were forecast to swelter in temperatures of over 35 degrees on Thursday (all times local)....