On the day 28 February 2020, the world changed for New Zealand, as it confirmed its first case of COVID-19.
The speciality of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) has undergone major changes in New Zealand and Australia over the last 30 years.
On a typical day, around 70% of classroom time is spent performing academic tasks which require visual input.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cancer in New Zealand. Almost 3,500 new cases were registered in New Zealand in 2018, with around 1,200 deaths.
Acquired syphilis is a multi-systemic infectious disease which is known as the ‘great imitator’ because of its wide variety of clinical presentations and ability to mimic many other conditions.
At the time of writing the COVID-19 pandemic is poised to challenge the capacity and capability of New Zealand’s community-based and acute care facilities.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a disease of public health significance to New Zealand. Progress in reducing TB incidence has stalled for more than a decade, with between 276 and 308 cases notified each year.
Concerningly, childhood obesity is common in New Zealand with one in three children identified as overweight or obese from the before school check (B4SC) programme in four to five year-old children.
The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has altered the risk-benefit ratio for standard management of many non-COVID-19 medical conditions, in some cases quite dramatically.
With the early success of the measures taken under COVID-19 Alert Level 4 becoming apparent over the past few days, New Zealand is well on the way to suppressing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, or even eliminating it from the population.
Here we describe a patient with depression, weight loss and parkinsonism due to a rare genetic disorder, Perry syndrome.
Combining the increasing use of laser pointers and the exponential growth of the internet and e-commerce, New Zealanders have never had easier access to high-power laser pointer (HPLP) products.