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News: tagged with "medical"

• 3 million free prescriptions help Kiwi families with cost of living

  Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: medical, funding
  Beehive media release: 21st August 2023 The Government’s cost of living policy of making most prescriptions free is working, with almost 3 million free scripts provided to around 900,000 New Zealanders since the $5 co-payment was removed on July 1, Minist

• People asked to urgently return any medical equipment they have borrowed

  Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: medical, disabilities, support
  Te Whatu Ora Waitaha is asking people to urgently return walking frames and any items of medical equipment they have borrowed but no longer need

• New study seeking people living with shoulder pain

  Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: research, volunteers, medical, injury prevention
  A research team from the University of Otago is looking for people aged 35 years or older, with shoulder pain for more than 3 months

• KNOW M.E. podcast series for health professionals

  Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: medical, Professional Development, podcast
  ANZMES is excited to announce a CME accredited education series called KNOW M.E. for health professionals

• Veterans need for study on alternative medicine for pain and distress

  Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: medical, research, health, volunteers
  Kia ora The University of Otago have found from their health research surveys that veterans have more problems than the general population in mobility, self-care, carrying out usual activities, and pain or discomfort

• Boost your health qualifications in Clinical Teaching or Complementary health care

  Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 in: Training With tags: health, medical, Courses, qualification
  Thinking about your professional development for 2023? Take a look at University of Canterbury’s Faculty of Health | Te Kura Oranga postgraduate courses to help you advance your health career

• World ME Day puts the spotlight on the latest guidance for ME/CFS

  Posted: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: awareness, Training, medical, health, Professional Development
  If you are a health professional, you very likely have patients in your practice who live with debilitating post-viral illness. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) most commonly occurs after an infection

• More COVID medicines for most at-risk New Zealanders

  Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, medical
  Beehive media release: 31st March 2022 New Zealand is boosting its comprehensive suite of medicines to treat COVID-19 with the arrival in the country of one medication, Paxlovid, and the securing of access to the country’s first pre-exposure prophylactic

• Join a study on NZ Green Seaweed supplements

  Posted: Thursday, December 2, 2021 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, research, health, medical
  Researchers at Lincoln and Waikato Universities are seeking volunteers for a study on how supplementation with natural NZ seaweed impacts the health of the gut and arteries. The study runs from January to April 2022

• Survey uncovers emotional and mental health issues faced by Kiwis with diabetes

  Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: diabetes, awareness, survey, mental wellbeing, medical
  Diabetes New Zealand media release: 1st November 2020 As New Zealand begins Diabetes Action Month, Kiwis are being asked to Love Don’t Judge as Diabetes NZ sheds light on the emotional burden of a chronic condition that affects quarter of a million of us

• Contact a Maori pharmacist on a dedicated helpline

  Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: maori, medical, services, Maori health
  Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa – the Māori Pharmacists Association (MPA) have re-launched their free phone line to answer questions that kaumātua or whānau may have about their medicines in response to COVID-19