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    Outdoor workers shun sun protection

     23 April 2013

    Macho attitudes and love of a tan are driving forces behind appallingly low sun protection rates among New Zealand's outdoor workers, a study says.

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    Gallipoli rations vitamin deficient
    19 Apr: New research published in the NZ Medical Journal suggests the inclusion of fruit or vegetables in WWI rations could have prevented scurvy among troops.... more
    More to be done to fight rheumatic fever
    19 Apr: The authors of research published in the NZ Medical Journal say more needs to be done to tackle rheumatic fever.... more
    Hospital staff snooped on eel patient
    17 Apr: Thirty-three health workers have been disciplined for inappropriately accessing information about a patient with an eel in his bottom.... more
    Chch residents still grieving lost city
    15 Apr: Many people living in Christchurch's red zone are finding life "unbearable", a survey of 800 residents has revealed.... more
    Aust prostate cancer treatment praised
    14 Apr: A US professor says the way low-risk prostate cancer patients are treated in Australia maximises quality of life without compromising quantity of life.... more
    Ryder's records inapproriately accessed
    13 Apr: Canterbury District Health Board says four clinicians who inappropriately accessed cricketer Jesse Ryder's medical records will be questioned.... more
    Preschoolers vaccinated after hep A case
    13 Apr: Children, relatives and staff at Linwood Kindercare in Christchurch have been vaccinated against hepatitis A after a child was diagnosed with it.... more
    Hospital meals plan under fire
    11 Apr: A plan to outsource hospital meals is drawing fire from three opposition parties and there are warnings up to 1300 jobs could be lost.... more
    NZ scientists keep track of new bird flu
    9 Apr: Scientists in Upper Hutt are helping keep tabs on a new bird flu virus which has so far killed six people in China.... more

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