http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Content for Martin Johnston en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:20:09 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/headlines.cfm?a_id=110 Smokers are keen to pop sachets of tobacco or nicotine into their mouths to help them quit the addiction, a New Zealand study has found. Researchers are trying to find quit-smoking products that are acceptable and effective to... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10632652&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 An Auckland's primary health organisation that performed poorly on child immunisation rates in a national league table says it was going through a bad patch and has rectified its failings. Te Puna, serving North Shore and Rodney,... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10632447&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Hospital laboratory workers in Auckland and Northland have voted strongly in favour of industrial action after rejecting their district health boards' offer of a nil wage rise. Medical Laboratory Workers Union president Stewart... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10632281&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:01 +1200 An Auckland doctor suspended for forging his practising certificate says the medical house-call service he set up is likely to collapse because of the bad publicity about him. Dr Ratilal Magan Ranchhod admitted working without... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10632245&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 New Zealanders are being urged to have flu jabs soon, to give the country the best chance of a smooth ride through a likely second round of the international swine flu pandemic. The Ministry of Health predicts the resurgence may... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10632098&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Jo Wedlock caught a nasty dose of the flu last winter, so she has gladly accepted her employer's offer of a free vaccination to try to avoid a repeat. Mrs Wedlock, the sales and marketing manager for House of Travel, received her... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10632097&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Many people seem to have lost the good hand-hygiene habits they started to learn during the swine flu pandemic. Researchers observing use of hand sanitiser provided in the foyer of Wellington Hospital found use was at a fairly... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10632096&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 The parliamentary committee probing the tobacco industry got personal in Auckland yesterday with the family of a Maori smoking victim describing the impact of his addiction and death. The Te Kiri whanau of Hamilton wept as they... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10631501&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 The prospect of a black market springing up to fill the void of legal tobacco sales if the product is banned has been dismissed at a parliamentary inquiry. Many people and organisations have asked the Maori affairs select committee's... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10630820&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Maori told the parliamentary tobacco inquiry today that their marae were being undermined by tobacco smoking and the associated early death of their elders. "Our marae are under attack," said Kiri Potaka-Dewes, the chairwoman of... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10630667&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200 A phone call by Emily Cotton's anxious mother probably saved the little girl's life after she became ill with a rare disorder. When the 23-month-old from Orewa began screaming hysterically, her mother, Susan, became concerned,... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10630283&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 The Deans describe themselves as a family "orphaned by the tobacco industry" after losing their mother at a young age. Charlotte Dean was 35 when she died from a heart attack in 1987 while being treated for cancer. She left five... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10630262&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Health services at one of New Zealand's largest maternity providers are under the spotlight after it was found to have a death rate significantly above the national average. The death rate in the Counties Manukau District Health... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10630254&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Research on the benefits of slicing sales tax off healthier foods has strengthened the Maori Party's struggle to introduce this policy. The year-long study of 1100 supermarket shoppers found that those given a discount of 12.5... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/martin-johnston/news/article.cfm?a_id=110&objectid=10629756&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200