HIV/AIDS drugs The cost of HIV/AIDS drugs [delve] Liam Williams-Holloway Two child-cancer specialists have made a formal complaint about alternative therapy provided to Liam Williams-Holloway. [delve] Reporting and investigating adverse medical Independent reviewer to review processes for reporting and investigating adverse medical [delve] Death Watch: Aids in Africa [delve] Health warings over eating soya A health warning sounded over the dangers of eating soya, sending shockwaves through the multi-billion dollar food industry [delve] Tobacco companies worked to discredit WHO Multinational tobacco companies, worked for years to discredit the World Health Organisation and subvert its programmes intended to curb smoking [delve] Savings through restructuring health care Treasury has been told it could save between $50 million and $160 million a year from further health restructuring that would see hospitals sharing administration services. [delve] [delve] Deciphering the latest report on mobile phone safety The Guardian's science correspondent, James Meek, cuts through the apparent contradictions to decipher the latest report on mobile phone safety [delve] Step towards auditing cervical cancer cases in Gisborne. The cervical inquiry panel has indicated it is taking the first steps towards auditing cervical cancer cases in Gisborne. [delve] Struggling with an albatross But the industry is quietly struggling with an albatross — whether cell phones pose health risks. [delve] Should Western Research Ethic Apply to Fighting African AIDS The high cost of patented medicines, especially for AIDS treatment, has been a matter of great concern to the developing countries, especially African countries because of the high incidence of AIDS in the region. [more] - [delve] Gisborne cervical smear inquiry The Gisborne cervical smear inquiry had been granted a three-week extension [delve] Changes to the structure of the health sector The Government is changing the structure of the health sector, their rationale [delve] Me, Myself and Irene under fire Complaint against "Me, Myself and Irene" [delve] Prostate cancer scare in Gisborne There's another cancer scare in Gisborne, this time involving prostate cancer. [delve] Cell phone hazards either from the point of view of the phones or the towers - we are going to have quite a mess to deal with in the years to come [delve] World health organisation on cell phone safety The WHO report on cell phone safety [delve] World Health Organisation report ranks NZ #41 Out of 191 countries New Zealand ranks 41st according to a World Health Organisation report. Detailed press release [more] and the full WHO report [delve] Cervical cancer not the greatest scourge Cervical cancer was not the greatest scourge known to woman [delve] Drug Trade. BBC Special report [delve] Aids in Africa: the Orphaned Continent How Aids was unleashed upon Africa - [delve] World Aids conference XIII th World Aids conference in Durban [delve] Compensation for job stress A former probation officer has been awarded around $1 million compensation after proving that job stress cost him his mental and physical health [delve] World Health Organisation report ranks NZ #41 behind Morocco New Zealanders recoil at a report from the World Health Organisation that ranks this country 41st - behind Morocco [delve] Pay claims from doctors and nurses Pay claims from doctors and nurses that threaten to blow out the health budget [delve] Maori statistics A statistical picture of Mäori in New Zealand [delve] Database of prices of all anti-AIDS drugs Brazil has caught world health authorities by surprise by asking them to set up a database of prices of all anti-AIDS drugs, to allow poor countries to shop for the best deal worldwide [delve] Public interest vs privacy of the individual Ultimately, it is about determining the balance between the public interest and the rights of individuals to privacy [delve] Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus - Auckland Four wards in Wellington Public Hospital isolated on Friday after the hospital ran out of single rooms where patients infected with MRSA () [delve] Cheaper generic drugs to Africa to combat AIDS US to allow the sale of cheaper, generic drugs to Africa, in a bid to combat the threat of Aids [delve] Key evidence in cervical screening inquiry After 19 days at the cervical screening inquiry, the NZ Herald’s FRANCESCA MOLD reviews the key evidence [delve] Learning to handle alcohol Learning to handle alcohol is one of the challenges your child will face as a teenager [delve] Health reforms 'detrimental' (Neo-liberal) health reforms 'detrimental' to cancer screening [delve] Access to Essential Medicines Access to Essential Medicines Campaign. [delve] Under-reporting of cervical smear abnormalities Inquiry into the under-reporting of cervical smear abnormalities in the Gisborne region. Official Website [delve] Cervical screening standards At 2 hospitals in the UK, standards of cervical screening became appallingly low, in the early 1990s [delve] UK Info UK, Information website [delve] Cancer survival rates rising in UK In the UK, Cancer survival rates are rising – but specialists are unsure whether people are really living longer or merely being diagnosed earlier [delve] Avoidable deaths 70 per cent of deaths (in NZ) in the 0-74 age group were theoretically avoidable. Read the full report - [delve] Income inequality linked with infant mortality Income inequality in New Zealand has meant that more babies died than if the income gaps was better.  A stunning report in the Lancet uses our own research. [delve] New History of Maori Health Comprehensive New History of Maori Health [delve] Skin disease hits large numbers A serious skin disease in greater Auckland has led to the greatest rate of Cellulitis admissions to a children's hospital in teh western world [delve] Suicide in NZ One in four New Zealanders who died from injury between the ages of 15 and 24 had taken their own lives. Researchers from the Injury Prevention Research Centre at Auckland University will be asking young survivors of suicide attempts to explain why they took such drastic action. [delve] Tuberculosis outbreak in Auckland A major outbreak of tuberculosis in South Auckland [delve]

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