• MORE MATERNITY MANOEUVRES
• MENINGOCOCCAL UPDATE
• DENGUE FEVER IN SAMOA
• DROP IN BIRTHS AND DEATHS
• CANCER DRUGS AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE

• VTEC FOUND IN AUCKLAND STREAM
• HOSPITAL PLANS UNVEILED
• NATIONAL CONTINUES TO SLATE KING

• BEAN COUNTER SPREADS WINGS
• GP CME CONFERENCE
• WHO WANTS TO BE A DHB MEMBER?
• CALLS TO STRENGTHEN DTC RULES HEARD
• MENTAL HEALTH BOOST FOR WAITEMATA
• PLUNKET SAVES COSTS, GP TIME
• MINISTRY CRITICISES WHO REPORT
• FREE WORKSHOPS FOR DISABLED

News updates for week ending 24 August 2001

• BARCELONIAN FEAR BUSTERS
• GENE LINK WITH HEART DISEASE IN SMOKERS
• PREVENTING KNEE PROBLEMS
• HEALTH PROMOTION FEES UNDER QUESTION
• SALARIED DOCTORS SHOW SUPPORT FOR UNION
• PRESSURE REMAINS ON RADIATION WAITING LIST

SEPTEMBER 2001

News updates for week ending 7 September 2001

• BRAIN SCANS GIVE EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER'S
• NEW UNDERSTANDING IN REWARDING GOOD BEHAVIOUR
• NZ FIRST WANTS DOCTORS SUED
• NEW ZEALAND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS SHOWCASE THEIR WORK
• MEDICATION ERROR BATTLE

News updates for week ending 14 September 2001

• ASTHMA LINK PROMPTS WARNING ON PARACETAMOL USE
• EYE EXPO TO KICK OFF RETINA WEEK
• DO-IT-YOURSELF FERTILITY KIT
• NURSE PRESCRIBING UNDERWAY

News updates for week ending 28 September 2001

• AGEING POPULATION NEEDS NEW HEALTH FOCUS
• COMPREHENSIVE NEW BIOSECURITY STRATEGY
• CHILD AND YOUTH MORTALITY
• MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE RATE RISING
• ZYBAN PRESCRIBING CHANGE

OCTOBER 2001

News updates for week ending 5 October 2001

• AUSSIE SIGMA PROFIT
• KIDSAFE WEEK
• EUROPEAN MATCHES MINISTRY
• TRANS-TASMAN WEBSITE
• MORE SOY SAUCES WARNINGS
• DHB ELECTIONS

News updates for week ending 12 October 2001

• SCANNER TO "LISTEN'' FOR VIRAL INFECTIONS
• HEARING WHAT PATIENTS SAY
• KIDSAFE WEEK
• MESSAGE IN A PILL BOTTLE
• STUDY LOOKS AT FLU IMMUNISATION

News updates for week ending 19 October 2001

• NEW COMBINATION INHALER
• ZYBAN PRESCRIBING CHANGES
• FAMILY PLANNING WEBSITES LAUNCHED
• ANTHRAX SCARE
• HIGH PROTEIN DIETS A POTENTIAL HEALTH RISK

News updates for week ending 26 October 2001

• ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION'S "MESSAGE IN PILL BOTTLE" CAMPAIGN
• IMPROVED ACCESS TO BREAST CANCER TREATMENT
• PRESSURE TO FUND ANTI-ALZHEIMER DRUG
• DEPRIVATION AND TOBACCO SHORTEN LIFE EXPECTANCY

NOVEMBER 2001

News updates for week ending 2 November 2001

• SMOKING AND BLINDNESS
• NEW CANCER THERAPEUTICS COMPANY
• NEW TREATMENT FOR OLD WOUNDS
• BOTANICAL DRUGS FOR DYSPEPSIA AND DOGS
• MOBILE HEALTH CHECK COULD CUT WAITING TIME

News updates for week ending 9 November 2001

• INFECTIOUS DISEASES PLAN LAUNCHED
• PRINCIPAL MEDICAL ADVISER
• BLAME THE SYSTEM, NOT THE DOCTOR

News updates for week ending 16 November 2001

• ALZHEIMER'S MEDICATION A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE
• NOTHING LIKE A MACADAMIA FOR HEART
• MAORI HEALTH WEBSITE
• PROTECTION AGAINST IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE

News updates for week ending 23 November 2001

• MENINGITIS RISK STILL HIGH
• SUCCESS FOR GET CHECKED DIABETES PROGRAMME
• ALLERGY TREATMENT FUNDED
• ESTELLE-35 ED RECALL
• HEALTH SERVICES RUN DOWN

News updates for week ending 30 November 2001

• CHRISTMAS CARDS WITH A HEART
• DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• DUREX SEX SURVEY
• 2001 GENESIS ENERGY FAIR
• HEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE REPORT RELEASED
• PACIFIC PROVIDER DEVELOPMENT FUND
• ANTIBIOITICS TO BEAT SUPERBUG

DECEMBER 2001

News updates for week ending 7 December 2001

• EMPTY PROMISES
• ERECTION PROBLEMS
• REDUCING FALLS BY THE ELDERLY
• MISUSE MEDICINES
• WAVE REPORT
• NEW YOUTH TREATMENT

News updates for week ending 14 December 2001

• ASTHMA "IS MAINLY INHERITED'' - TWINS STUDY SHOWS
• YEAR OF VOLUNTEERS CERTIFICATE
• DIET AND EXERCISE KEY TO BEATING DIABETES EPIDEMIC
• RESEARCH CENTRE TO STUDY THE ELDERLY
• NEW VACCINE TACKLES WHOOPING COUGH EPIDEMIC