The New Zealand Medical Journal (NZMJ) was first published 47 years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Sepsis is a major health challenge globally, with incidence stratified by geography and national income.
New Zealand has a publicly funded healthcare system with services provided through 20 semi-autonomous district health boards (DHBs).
When a person experiences a medical event or condition that affects their ability to drive safely, they pose a risk to themselves or to others.
The aim of this review is to propose guidelines for initial radiological staging and the follow-up imaging regime for melanoma.
Poisons information centres (PICs) offer advice on chemical safety, perform risk assessments over the phone in cases where a person has been exposed to a substance and provide clinical advice about management of the exposure.
In November 2019, New Zealand’s long-awaited draft cross-sector Reproductive Health Action Plan was withdrawn.
Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is a systemic illness caused by the gram-negative bacteria Bartonella henselae (B. henselae).
New Zealand has had a problem with insufficient pandemic planning, as indicated by its low score on a validated Global Health Security Index in 2019.
The Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) is an annually updated national register of all patients with diabetes mellitus.
A recently published study on public attitudes towards genomic data sharing has highlighted issues around whether and how people are willing to share their DNA information.
Stroke is the leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in New Zealand.
In an exhaustive search of the literature I have been unable to find any reference to the condition occurring amongst those who handle cheese, and no mention is made of disease being produced by the species of mite which infested cheese in this country.