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	23 July 2008		Fertility Treatments Help Cancer and Rare Diseases
			Two proposed changes to fertility treatment practices could help infertile cancer sufferers to still have babies and also to help treat some very rare diseases, according to two discussion papers...
	23 July 2008		Update on New Zealand contaminated Heparin
			Medsafe and the Ministry of Health are continuing to monitor the situation with respect to the global problem of heparin contaminated with over-sulphated chondroitin sulphate (OSCS) entering the...
	22 July 2008		MeNZB™ vaccine helped curb an epidemic
			The MeNZB™ vaccine has helped curb a devastating epidemic. Ministry of Health Senior Advisor Public Health Medicine Dr Alison Roberts says New Zealanders have always been told that the vaccine,...
	18 July 2008		DHBs continue making progress on health targets
			All the country’s district health boards continue making progress on the 10 annual health targets, chalking up big gains in tobacco control and in reducing hospital admissions for children under...
	17 July 2008		New Guidelines on Identifying Mental Health Problems and Managing Depr...
			The Ministry of Health and the New Zealand Guidelines Group have launched a new mental health guideline aimed at improving the assessment of common mental disorders and the management of depression...
	15 July 2008		Belhaven Rest Home - Cessation & Closure Notices Issued
			Ministry of Health’s quality and safety manager, Rose Wall, last night served Cessation and Closure Orders on Belhaven Rest Home, and a Cessation Order on the nurse manager of Belhaven Rest Home.
	10 July 2008		National Health Committee consulting on Living Cell Technologies appli...
	9 July 2008		Review of Wellington’s maternity services begins next week
	7 July 2008		National Health Committee to advise on Living Cell Technologies applic...
	4 July 2008		National Health Committee to advise on Living Cell Technologies applic...
	3 July 2008		RMO Workforce Commission
	30 June 2008		Updated atlas of socioeconomic deprivation in NZ released
	27 June 2008		Eltroxin formulation change
	13 June 2008		West Coast report
	13 June 2008		Measles outbreak underscores importance of immunisation
	10 June 2008		Ministry of Health statement on amalgam & other dental filling materia...
	29 May 2008		Free vaccine protects against pneumococcal disease
	27 May 2008		Ministry releases "Raising the Odds" problem gambling study
	23 May 2008		Heparin
	19 May 2008		People at risk of hepatitis urged to get tested
	15 May 2008		Ministry of Health Appoints Compliance Panel to Monitor The Code in Ne...
	9 May 2008		Medsafe prosecutes South Auckland Traditional Chinese Medical Ltd
	24 April 2008		Counterfeit Cialis warning
	23 April 2008		Contaminated heparin product not given to New Zealand patients
	16 April 2008		Health support service to be established for dioxin-exposed people
	10 April 2008		Mental Health Services Target: Six out of 10 mentally ill people have
	10 April 2008		Government responds to electroconvulsive therapy report
	7 April 2008		Salmonella mbandaka outbreak
	1 April 2008		Patient satisfaction up at near record levels
	27 March 2008		RFP sought on tele-housing
	27 March 2008		Sale of BZP illegal by 1 April
	24 March 2008		World TB Day 24 March 2008
	17 March 2008		Report into Conflicts of Interest at Hawke's Bay DHB
	13 March 2008		Diabetes the focus of concerted action
	13 March 2008		Increase in Gastro-intestinal Illness
	1 March 2008		DG Inquiry into Hawkes Bay conflict of interest issues released in jus...
	27 February 2008		Applications for Hauora Māori Scholarships 2008 open
	20 February 2008		Raising the Quality Bar in Health
	19 February 2008		Unqualified man pleads guilty to practising as an optometrist
	19 February 2008		Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Quality Improvement Plan
	15 February 2008		Ministry of Health seeks applications from Rural Innovations Fund
	14 February 2008		Man sentenced after fraudulently practicing as a doctor
	1 February 2008		Medsafe warns of risk from anti-epileptic drugs
	30 January 2008		Health authorities warn public about Australian sex worker
	18 January 2008		Children Under Two should not be given Cough and Cold Medicines
	7 January 2008		Seven out of 10 practices to provide free health care to children unde...

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