Pharmac secures new cancer, asthma drugs
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – Nationally drug-funding agency Pharmac has secured an agreement for medicines that will help New Zealanders with lung cancer, ovarian cancer...
Mediterranean diet promotes healthy ageing
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – A new study has researched the impact of a Mediterranean diet on gut bacteria and it has produced far reaching...
Overseas visitor arrivals down 386,000 in January
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – Overseas visitor arrivals were 205,000 for January, down 386,000 from January last year, Stats NZ says.
The biggest decreases were in...
Exercise more important for mental health since covid – survey
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – Exercise is hugely more important for people’s mental health since covid arrived 16 month ago, according to a major new ExerciseNZ survey.
In...
Concrete locking up GHG emissions can be stronger and bendable
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – The production of cement, the binding ingredient in concrete, accounted for seven percent of global carbon emissions in 2018.
US researchers...
Biotech research helping medical, environmental areas
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tāmaki Makaurau – New Zealand med-tech companies are using research in biotechnology to help developments in medicine, protective equipment and sensors, BiotechNZ executive director...
Tiwai will create cheaper power for Kiwis; or will it?
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – The Manapōuri electricity supplied to the Tiwai Pt smelter near Bluff falls back into the hand of all New Zealanders to...
Digital competency in health workforce well below par
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tāmaki Makaurau – The overall level of digital competency in Aotearoa’s health workforce is well below what is needed to utilise digital health...
Kiwis spending more in supermarkets
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – Overall card spending was up 0.9 percent in June, driven by spending on consumable goods.
Seasonally adjusted card spending on consumables,...
Nearly two million cases of paediatric asthma globally a year
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – Nearly two million new cases of paediatric asthma every year may be caused by a traffic-related air pollutant, a problem particularly...
Aotearoa ag sector can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – The New Zealand’s agricultural sector has a role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions while remaining profitable and internationally competitive.
Consumers...
Two NZ leaders appointed to global health and fitness council
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tauranga – Two New Zealand industry leaders have been appointed to the very first major global council on health and fitness, the Global Health...
