• CONTRACEPTIVE IMPLANT
• FLU SHOT CUTS HEART ATTACKS
• HEARING AID DISPENSER
• RESEARCH MEDAL AWARDED

News for week ending 24 May 2002

• F&C COOL ON DRUG FIRMS
• PHARMACY AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
• NEW GLIVEC STUDY RESULTS
• HOMOEOPATHY FAILS TESTS
• NO-AD SUNCARE DONATION
• EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE PILL
• PROPECIA RALLY NZ

JUNE 2002

News for week ending 7 June 2002

• CANNABIS MEDICAL TRIALS GO AHEAD
• DUMMY PILLS DO THE TRICK
• FLU JAB URGED
• QUITTING POSSIBLE BUT NOT COLD TURKEY
• SAFE SEX STILL PRIORITY
• WOLLONGONG WIRELESS

News for week ending 21 June 2002

• HEALTH RISK FOUND IN LOW-DOSE ASPIRIN
• BONE STUDY
• EASIER WAY TO CHECK BLOOD CLOTTING
• HORMONES FACTOR IN CANCER RISK FOR OLDER WOMEN
• MS SUFFERERS NEEDED FOR TRIAL

News for week ending 28 June 2002

• HOPES RAISED FOR ALZHEIMERS SUBSIDY
• CANCER-CAUSING PROTEIN FOUND
• FLUVASTATIN SAVES LIVES
• NATIONAL CLAIMS GOVERNMENT SLASHING HEALTH SERVICES
• NEW DIABETES PRESIDENT

JULY 2002

News for week ending 5 July 2002

• ATTACK ON AMYLOIDOSIS
• ANTI-VACCINE WEB SITES
• CONTINUED FUNDING FOR GREEN PRESCRIPTIONS
• MEDICAL SPECIALISTS CALL ON PHARMAC TO FUND LEUKAEMIA DRUG

News for week ending 12 July 2002

• NEW AIDS DRUG
• HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY RISK
• PHARMAC VS GSK
• WISE USE OF ANITBIOTICS

News for week ending 19 July 2002

• NEW HOSPITAL ANTIBIOTIC
• NEW ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS
• COMVITA GOES TO JAPAN
• PHYTON PARTNERSHIP WITH BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB
• NEW WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AD CODE

News for week ending 26 July 2002

• CERVICAL CANCER STUDY
• GSK SPENDS $2.3 MILLION ON DIABETES
• DOCTORS TAKE ISSUE WITH GLIVEC
• PHARMAC WELCOMES HELMUT MODLIK
• GSK TRIALS ZYBAN ON MAORI

AUGUST 2002

News for week ending 2 August 2002

• BLIS AGAINST DECAY
• BENEFITS OF BREASTMILK
• PHARMAC WORKING TOWARDS GLIVEC FUNDING
• NEW PROSTATE CANCER HOPE

9 August 2002 News Update

• ALZHEIMER'S STUDY
• BEERMAT THAT CAN TASTE "DRINK-RAPE'' DRUGS
• NEW PACIFIC HEALTH MANAGER
• STATINS AND VITAMINS
• SUPERBUG RESISTANT TO NEW ANTIBIOTIC

16 August 2002 News Update

• CANCER SOFTWARE DIAGNOSIS
• EBOS BUYS NATURE'S KISS
• NZ LEAD OSTEOPOROSIS DEAL
• SEX HABITS ONLINE

23 August 2002 News Update

• INNOVATION AWARDS
• MENINGOCOCCAL SOUTHERN SCARE
• SOUTHLAND STUDY ON OBESITY
• ONCOLOGY WAITING TIMES REDUCED

30 August 2002 News Update

• FOOD TODAY - FUTURE MEDICINE
• ASTHMA ADVANCE
  
• EBOS IMPROVES PROFIT BY 17%
  
• GREAT BRITIAN OPERATING PROCEDURES

SEPTEMBER 2002

News week ending 6 September 2002

• PHARMAC'S NEW STRATEGY
• FLU RISKS UNDERSTOOD
• LENS CLEANER IN EYE
• ONE 4B SENTENCING

News week ending 13 September 2002

• REVIEW OF HRT USE
• OLDER PEOPLE HEALTH
• PHARMACY STAFF ADVICE IMPORTANT
• NEW CANCER DRUGS COST
• SCOTT GETS GO-AHEAD

News week ending 20 September 2002

• RMI RESEARCH
• HEART-DRUGS RUN OUT
• HYDATIDS HISTORY
• SOUTH AUCKLAND SCHOOL WINS SILVER
• SECRET PROBLEM FOR NZ MEN FOCUS
• GSK SMOKE ALARMS

News week ending 27 September 2002

• PHARMAC SCHEDULE ON CD
• HRT REVIEW
• HEALTH INOVATION AWARDS
• NEW ASTHMA GUIDELINES
• WILD EYES

OCTOBER 2002

News week ending 4 October 2002

• FLIXOTIDE NEGOTIATIONS
• GLIVEC ARGREEMENT
• SOCIETY SPEAKS OUT
• NEW DRUG FOR SEPSIS
• TUANZ TARGETS HEALTH

News week ending 11 October 2002

• SEX-TASY CRAZE
• NEW MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE DOCUMENT
• CANCER SURVIVAL UNDERESTIMATED
• NEW PUBLICATION EXPLAINS PHOs

News week ending 18 October 2002

• NEW CONDOMS
• L'OREAL FASHION WEEK
• PHARMAC INCREASES BREAST DRUG ACCESS
• VARIATIONS IN STATINS USE

News week ending 25 October 2002

• PHASE 2 MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINE BEGINS
• AUSTRALIA SETS INDUSTRY AGENDA
• EAT, WALK AND STAY WELL
• EBOS NEW ACQUSITIONS

NOVEMBER 2002

News week ending 1 November 2002

• HEPATITIS C ACTION
• MOH MAORI INITIATIVE
• TEETHING TROUBLES
• COMVITA NZ BONUS ISSUE
• PAST, PRESENT AND PRIMARY HEALTH
• BLUEBERRIES ARE BRAINBERRIES

News week ending 8 November 2002

• PHARMAC: TOP RUNG FUNDING
• DIABETES NZ RECOMMENDS BLOOD TESTS
• AKL DHB MEMBER CRITICISES REFORMS
• GSK STARTS COPD TRIAL
• ASTHMA OUT OF CONTROL
• KEEPING YOUNG PEOPLE HEALTHY
• ASTRA DRUG NEW FINDINGS