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A Consumer NZ test of kiwi sunscreen brands is misleading and dangerous, warns a Vitamin D researcher and author

Auckland woman Denise Astill knows the pain of a mother who finds out too late that the medicine she took while pregnant harmed her child

Consumer NZ’s latest test of sunscreens highlights New Zealand’s situation of classifying sunscreens as cosmetics is not protecting consumers and needs to change.

Kiwis living with HIV will now have access to a new interactive tool to help them overcome a range of treatment barriers and better communicate with their healthcare providers. The introduction of the tool into New Zealand follows the release of a new study which investigated the experiences of HIV patients at a global level

New research has shown governments can help improve health in low and middle income countries, simply by providing cash to people living in poverty

 71,000 Females on Antiepileptic Medications May Not Know It is Harmful to Unborn Babies

The way depression is diagnosed and treated needs a major overhaul, say authors of a new review article in the scientific journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

On the eve of the World Hepatitis Summit in Sao Paolo, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today announced that it had secured deals for generic hepatitis C medicines for as low as US$1.40 per day, or $120 per 12-week treatment course for the two key medicines sofosbuvir and daclatasvir

If you’re a woman and taking medicines for epilepsy, pain or mood regulation ACC, the Ministry of Health, the Health Quality & Safety Commission, and Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome New Zealand (FACS NZ) encourage you to talk to your doctor

New Zealanders are being urged to treat their mental health like they do their physical health and get a regular check-up.