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Woman sent home from ED with chest pain died hours later of cardiac arrest

Her family felt her death could have been avoided if due diligence had been carried out.

The unexplained rise of cancer among millennials

Financial Times: There may be clues in the types of cancer afflicting the young.

Rob Campbell: Sickening how Kiwis react to poor Māori, Pasifika health outcomes

OPINION: Māori and Pasifika patients in our hospitals get worse treatment outcomes.

Opinion: ‘You’re addicted to your phone – it’s a bit like heroin’

Why is it so difficult to put our smartphones down?

‘Game-changing’ cancer detection test

Blood test to detect bowel cancer could save countless lives.

Experts sound worries over support for Long Covid sufferers

Leading experts worry Long Covid sufferers are still being let down by the health system.

Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations

Health officials said it was an important step in reducing historical health inequities.

How researchers want to help addicts get off meth

Researchers aim to recruit hundreds of meth users to find best ways of quitting the drug.

Genetic variant found in Māori, Pacific people could boost ‘good’ cholesterol

Otago University researchers find Polynesian-specific variant may have good health effect.

Business Hub: Changes at top of NZ's second-largest builder

Downer has around 25,000 employees in Australia and around 10,000 in New Zealand.

How a toilet plunger improved CPR

New York Times: Doctors are pumping traditional methods up with a high-tech plunger.

Middlemore takes to social media to stem the flow of non-urgent patients to ED

The hospital's videos show going to a pharmacy is another option.

She lost 40kg on a new diet drug. Her friends melted away too

New York Times: Katarra Ewing's experience isn't uncommon, obesity experts say.

Rheumatic fever rates rising after pandemic

Continued priority will be on those most at risk, while informing whānau on prevention.

Danny Bedingfield: Why no early prevention on prostate cancer?

Opinion: Action is needed now to save men's lives.

Highest-paid public sector bosses: Top earner's 30% bump to $1.4m

After years of pay restraint, state sector pay is on the up again.

$166m expansion at Wellington's biggest private hospital

Full hospital redevelopment 5km south of the city's CBD.

Shirtless talk of weed and hugs proven, but physio didn't straddle patient

No further suspension has been imposed but the physio was censured.