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Researchers have finally found direct links between low skeletal muscle mass and dementia, reinforcing the importance of maintaining muscle mass as people age for physical and mental functions

Pharmac today has announced the decision to fund ramipril (branded as Tryzan), an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used to treat a variety of cardiovascular conditions. The medicine will be funded without restriction and prescribed for any relevant use from 1 December 2022

Pharmac today has announced a consultation on widening access to the meningococcal B vaccine (branded as Bexsero) which would give thousands of young people and infants protection against meningococcal B disease

Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand’s chief executive Margie Apa says the report from the Planned Care Taskforce, released today, represents long term and lasting differences to the way planned care services are delivered across New Zealand’s hospitals and health system

Today the Office of the Chief Coroner released the annual provisional suspected suicide statistics via the Ministry of Health interactive webtool, which provides a single comprehensive source of information on both provisional and confirmed deaths by suicide in Aotearoa New Zealand

Transformation of pharmaceutical education, which includes expansion of the number of pharmaceutical education institutions globally and a large shift to online learning, is one of several major current trends in pharmacy identified by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Board of Pharmaceutical Practice

A New Zealand-invented and manufactured prebiotic ingredient made from locally-grown Zespri gold kiwifruit has recently won major international awards in the USA, Europe and Asia

A single national mortality review committee will be established next year, following an independent review of Aotearoa New Zealand’s mortality review function.

Te Whatu Ora is celebrating World Allied Health Professions Day today to celebrate the skills, experience and innovation that more than 50 clinical professions ranging from physiotherapists to lab scientists and technicians bring to the health sector.

COVID-19 is still with us and the ongoing impact is still stressful for many whānau. Some people have lost jobs, homes, lives, loved ones and hope