HealthTimes - 14-02-2017

An Auckland mum has safely returned home from Australia after becoming the first New Zealand woman to undergo in-utero spinal surgery for her unborn baby diagnosed with spina

Karen Keast - 13-07-2016

An operating theatre on wheels is changing the face of day surgery in rural New Zealand. The 20m-long and 4.2m-high Mobile Health bus, which is 2.5m wide when

AAP - 17-11-2015

A US firefighter has received a full scalp and face transplant, including ears, nose, lips and upper and lower eyelids. A volunteer firefighter

AAP - 07-08-2015

More than 50 per cent of surgical operations are performed against a backdrop of music, but its safety has been questioned in a new study. A

AAP - 16-07-2015

Patients waking up during surgery is more common than previously thought, a study has found. Many more people may be waking up during operations

AAP - 17-06-2015

A Danish study has cast doubts about the long term benefit of knee arthroscopy, saying the surgery is potentially harmful. The long-term benefits

AAP - 05-06-2015

Doctors in Houston have successfully performed the world's first partial skull and scalp transplant. Texas doctors have performed the world's

AAP - 29-05-2015

Parliament's health select committee has heard it would be difficult to recruit a new team to perform gender reassignment surgeries in New Zealand.

AAP - 20-03-2015

Teenagers who want cosmetic surgery may soon have to pass a psychological assessment before going under the knife. And the Medical Board of Australia also wants

AAP - 17-10-2014

Despite hospitals failing to reach key waiting period benchmarks, a record 170,190 elective surgery patients have been treated in Victorian hospitals.