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People with gout are often under-treated or inadequately treated, new data shows

The Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy has welcomed its 1000th member

Sunscreen should be GST-free in a country with such high skin cancer rates, a dermatologist says

Retired specialist GP and acknowledged ADHD expert Tony Hanne has been censured and suspended for one year by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, with restrictions placed on any future practice and an order to pay $175,120 in fines and costs

Cutting one in four staff at the Ministry of Health will potentially be “punishing” for remaining staff and result in valuable skills being lost, a health systems academic says

The Pharmaceutical Society is setting up an education advisory group following concerns about the performance of interns at Assessment Centres, and a new education manager has also been appointed. The society is training fewer interns but more technicians this year

A law change that will allow pseudoephedrine cold and flu products to be sold by pharmacists again has taken another step forward

Pharmaceutical Society members have until 28 March to elect a new board member for the national executive

Some practices are choosing patients based on health, amid a rise in closed books and limited enrolments, researchers say

New Auckland-based research into pollen levels shows a longer exposure to allergens than in earlier studies, as Paulette Crowley reports