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Smokers back new tobacco pouch to help quit the habit
Smokers are keen to pop sachets of tobacco or nicotine into their mouths to help them quit the addiction, a New Zealand study has found.Researchers are trying to find quit-smoking products that are acceptable and effective to......
Olympians encourage kids to walk
Former Olympic champion Cathy Freeman of Australia says it's frightening that one in four children are overweight and counts herself lucky to have grown up a healthy and active kid.Speaking at the launch of the Global Children's......
Nicotine replacement products backed in study
Smokers have given the thumbs up to two nicotine replacement products which may become more commonly available, following research from the University of Otago.The products come in small sachets which smokers keep in their mouth,......
Health provider: Why we failed
An Auckland's primary health organisation that performed poorly on child immunisation rates in a national league table says it was going through a bad patch and has rectified its failings.Te Puna, serving North Shore and Rodney,......
Humble yam new weapon in treatment of brain injuries
It's a humble vegetable, but within it lies a resource that is helping save lives and may revolutionise the treatment of brain injury.The yam naturally produces progesterone - a hormone also produced in the female body. Research......
UK: NHS trial offers people money to lose weight
A new weapon is being deployed in the battle to persuade people to change their unhealthy behaviour - by targeting them in the pocket. If people cannot be persuaded to stop smoking/lose weight/get more exercise for their own good......
Better arteries in smokers who quit
A new US study shows that smokers who quit have healthier arteries a year later and probably will have less risk of heart disease as a result.Doctors say the improvement came even though people who kicked the habit gained an average......
Suspended doctor says house-call unit at risk
An Auckland doctor suspended for forging his practising certificate says the medical house-call service he set up is likely to collapse because of the bad publicity about him.Dr Ratilal Magan Ranchhod admitted working without......
Pain-killing secrets of the opium poppy revealed
Scientists have identified the genes of the opium poppy responsible for the production of the painkillers codeine and morphine, which could lead to new ways of making the drugs without having to cultivate fields of poppies.Opium......
Censured doctor back at work
A South Auckland doctor found guilty of working without a current practising certificate and forging a certificate has already returned to medical practice, after a two-month suspension.A Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal......
Act now to fight swine flu: Ministry
New Zealanders are being urged to have flu jabs soon, to give the country the best chance of a smooth ride through a likely second round of the international swine flu pandemic.The Ministry of Health predicts the resurgence may......
Taking steps to ward off horrible illness
Jo Wedlock caught a nasty dose of the flu last winter, so she has gladly accepted her employer's offer of a free vaccination to try to avoid a repeat.Mrs Wedlock, the sales and marketing manager for House of Travel, received her......
Hand washing is still the best prevention
Many people seem to have lost the good hand-hygiene habits they started to learn during the swine flu pandemic.Researchers observing use of hand sanitiser provided in the foyer of Wellington Hospital found use was at a fairly......
Cash lure seen as way to raise immunisation
Parliament's health committee is considering whether parents should be offered cash incentives to have their children immunised, or even have benefits withheld if they don't without good reason.Committee members were in Canberra......
From Israel, a radical way to boost organ donation
Israel is launching a potentially trailblazing experiment in organ donation: Sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed.The new law is the first of its kind in the world, and international......
Strike threat to hospital treatment
Patients may face longer waits for x-rays and scans from tomorrow as hospital radiographers start a week of rolling industrial action.Auckland, Waitemata and Counties Manukau District Health Boards have been given notice of industrial......
Babies born bigger
Kiwi babies are getting bigger - with 5kg newborns common in parts of the country.Latest Health Ministry figures show 31,169, or 48 per cent, of babies born in 2008 weighed more than 3.5kg, the largest weight category recorded......
Third child the heaviest
Fiona Paul had heard babies got bigger the more you have - but was still stunned when number three weighed in at 4.3kg.Lachlan arrived last June 1kg heavier than eldest sister Mackenzie, 6, and 500g bigger than Isla, 4.Fiona,......
Vitamin drink warning
Fizzy vitamin drinks could be almost as damaging to your teeth as sugary soft drinks and fruit juices, new research has revealed.Effervescent vitamins such as Berocca can cause minerals in teeth to leach out, making them weaker......
Tooth decay alert
Ayla Surtees has had the same routine every morning for years.The 21-year-old retail worker takes a Berocca Vitamin C tablet, snaps it in half and dissolves it in water. She uses the other half for a second energy boost later......
Gay worker wins $15k for sexual harassment
A former Sydney brothel owner turned Auckland restaurateur is believed to have left the country owing thousands, including a court-ordered $15,000 for sexually harassing an employee.Angry staff say Graeme George Edwards - who......
'Hero' let go after blowing whistle
The Lehman Brothers employee who raised a red flag over the accounting trick that allowed the bank to hide the size of its bloated balance sheet was fired just weeks after making the complaint.Matt Lee emerged as the sole hero......
Man sexually harassed at work gets $15k
A restaurant worker sacked after being discriminated against because of his sexual orientation has been awarded has been awarded nearly $15,000.The Employment Relations Authority found that the man, whose name was not disclosed,......
Firefighter who lied justifiably sacked - ERA
A firefighter who didn't tell his employer about his history of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder was justifiably sacked, the Employment Relations Authority says.Marc Lidiard was employed by the New Zealand Fire Service......
Another casualty of the recession
Productivity can be counted among the casualties of the recession.Labour productivity fell 1.5 per cent in the year to last March, and multi-factor productivity (a measure of how effectively inputs of both labour and capital are......
My job : Thriving on making a difference
Name: Elizabeth Higgs Age: 43 Role/occupation: General manager marketing and communication, Progressive Enterprises Working hours: Lots Employer: Progressive Enterprises Salary: Hays Salary Survey rating rang...
Linguistic dissection
"Of all the constituents of the human body, bone is the hardest, the driest, the earthiest, and the oldest; and excepting only the teeth, it is devoid of sensation ... for in the fabric of the human body, bones perform the same function......
Jobs lost as dairy firm goes into receivership
Taranaki-based Organic Dairy Limited, owned by New Zealand Organic Dairy Farmers Co-operative, has gone into receivership owing an estimated $15 million and costing about 30 jobs.Receivers were appointed on Friday and the Okato......
Lab staff vote for industrial action
Hospital laboratory workers in Auckland and Northland have voted strongly in favour of industrial action after rejecting their district health boards' offer of a nil wage rise.Medical Laboratory Workers Union president Stewart......
Worker killed as rubbish truck reverses down Mangere drive
A worker on a South Auckland household rubbish truck was killed yesterday after being hit by the vehicle as it was reversing.The truck, owned by Manukau City Council contractor Alpha Refuse Collections, had nosed into a driveway......
Service sector keeps expanding in Feb
The services sector continued to expand in February, but some indicators suggest the recovery could be reaching a plateau at a level insufficient for strong jobs growth.The BNZ - Business NZ performance of services index rose......
Are the winds of change ready to blow?
Having lived in Wellington for 10 years, wind is something I feel I know a little about. Those still in Wellington tell me the weather is one thing I shouldn't miss, now that I have become an Aucklander (I'm not going to refer to......
Younger generation of Chinese reject dead-end jobs
Factory worker Chen Qinghai frowned as he looked at a tall bulletin board full of help-wanted notices from companies making everything from photocopiers and DVD drives to mobile phones and car parts.The 19-year-old saw nothing......
Jobs 'best incentive to bring Kiwis home'
If it is true that you can take the boy out of a dairy farm in Taranaki but you cannot take the dairy farm out of the boy, then Andrew Keech is the living proof.Fresh from lunch at the Speight's Ale House, he bounced into an interview......
Trainee ranger's role demanding and diverse
Passionate about conservation? Keen and enthusiastic and hard working? Conservation may be the job for you.The Department of Conservation (DoC) works with Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) to provide a trainee......
How 2010 will play out at your work
Increased turnover, mobility & opportunities After a year of restructuring and redundancies, employees who have weathered the storm and survived, may decide it is time to move on as the job market picks up.If this is the case,......
Near enough can well be good enough
You've been applying for what seems like 10 jobs a week and getting nowhere - not even an interview.Maybe it's time to be more selective, you think. From now on in, you'll only apply for jobs you're absolutely perfect for. I mean,......
AgResearch job cuts
The decision to axe up to 43 jobs at AgResearch, the Government's biggest state science company, will hamper growth in the most productive parts of NZ's economy, says former Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton. Redundancies were a direct......
Steady improvement for manufacturing in February
Manufacturing showed signs of slow and steady improvement last month, with the latest BNZ-Business NZ performance of manufacturing index (PMI) indicating a continuing rise in new orders.The seasonally adjusted PMI was at 53.3......
Racial discrimination at worrying levels: watchdog
The Human Rights Commission says racial discrimination and harassment in New Zealand is worrying.In the annual Race Relations Report released today, the commission says it received 1253 race-related complaints and inquiries last......
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