In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Snake oil or saviour? Demystifying complementary medicine
Sunday 26 November 2017, 12:59 PM
Referred to by some as snake oil and others as life savers, natural health products are a billion-dollar business in New Zealand. With inadequate regulation in New Zealand, it can be hard to find out which products are suitable. Nerine Zoio talks to the experts in an attempt to demystify complementary medicine
They may not have the support of the entire medical sector, but natural health products are a big part of New Zealand’s retail scene, particularly for, Shaun Holt, Shaun Holt