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Sometimes the ingredients we throw away are the ones we should have cooked with all along. Here are some ideas to minimise food waste and save money.
While the hantavirus outbreak will likely be eliminated, it highlights persistent gaps in global pandemic prevention, preparedness and response measures.
Long-term data shows children are more likely to develop mental health issues when their parents experience financial stress and housing instability.
While other forms of Ebola can be prevented with a vaccine, none are currently available to prevent this rare strain.
Paralysed people are already using brain-computer interfaces to turn their thoughts into text. But there are risks to this technology.
Prejudice and professional gate-keeping before and during WWII meant New Zealand denied itself an opportunity to save lives and boost its depleted health system.
The government has introduced legislation that tightens key definitions and make it harder for participants to access the scheme.
Long wait lists are the latest symptom of the aged care crisis. But this issue seems to be anything but a political priority.
This vitamin plays a crucial role in maintaining overall health. But that doesn’t mean you need to take a supplement.
You might expect a sexual partner to disclose a sexually transmitted infection. But you can’t rely on this – and criminalising the spread doesn’t work.
Reducing pain and boosting body positivity are two benefits of ‘cycle syncing’, according to social media.
Ambulance workers are increasingly being verbally abused and physically attacked. Two paramedicine researchers explain how we can better protect them.
Few diagnoses have broadened their diagnostic boundaries as much or as quickly as autism. This has affected those with the most profound disability.
Ongoing funding has been announced for two dental schemes – one for adults, the other for children. But there’s more we could do.
This budget was much more about funding existing health services than reform.
New Zealand’s requirement for patient consent means junior doctors can’t perform CPR on a patient, or practise care of babies and people with dementia.
A virus doesn’t become a pandemic simply because it’s deadly.
Taking regular breaks from technology seems like a good idea. A digital wellbeing expert explains if that’s backed by science.
Specialist doctors have the highest incomes in the country and run the most profitable business. But patients often can’t afford their fees.
Older women and people with diabetes are much more likely to develop this condition. So do physio or steroid injections make a difference? And what about surgery?
Teenagers often love chocolate bars and hot chips. A paediatric nutritionist explains how we can help them make healthier choices.
Doctors have to balance finite resources and uncertain evidence to decide who should get treatments. The decisions are not always based on need or clinical benefits.
Families understandably want to know why their baby died. A perinatal pathologist explains how they try to find out.
Anxiety, psychosis and paranoia are among adverse events people are reporting after using higher-strength medicinal cannabis, according to a new study.