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News: tagged with "medical"

• NZ Blood Service seeks to fill appointments over summer

  Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: donations, volunteers, medical, support, services
  New Zealand Blood Service media release: 18th November 2024 As the days get longer, the weather gets warmer and we begin to prepare for the Christmas holidays, New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is calling on New Zealanders to consider giving the most meani

• Ministry warns against use of progesterone for ‘abortion reversal’

  Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: human rights, health, medical, sexual health, advice, warning
  The Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora has published a position statement on ‘abortion reversal’ to warn New Zealanders against this unsafe and scientifically unsupported practice. Read the Ministry of Health position statement on ‘abortion reversal’

• Hato Hone St John launches $4 million appeal to Light the Way for emergency services

  Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: awareness, funding, fundraising, health, emergencies, services, medical
  Hato Hone St John media release: 17th June 2024 Hato Hone St John is launching the Light the Way Appeal - aiming to raise $4 million to fund 14 urgent repair and new build projects for our ambulance stations

• Pseudoephedrine back on shelves

  Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: medical, winter
  Beehive media release: 20th May 2024 Associate Health Minister David Seymour is pleased that Pseudoephedrine can now be purchased by the general public to protect them from winter illness, after the coalition government worked swiftly to change the law a

• 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

• 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

• 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