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GP shortages in rural areas are a huge, escalating problem and bold solutions are needed, says Dr Nigel Murray, Waikato District Health Board (DHB) chief executive.

NZMP, Fonterra’s dairy ingredients business, is aiming for a heavyweight title in the $10 billion sports nutrition market.

A new Deakin study proves simple dietary changes can be used as a possible treatment for depression.

A spate of patients suffering from wounds that refused to heal has led a clinician-researcher at a major Sydney hospital to the surprising discovery of scurvy amongst contemporary Australians.

Give your teenage girls 2-3 serves of dairy a day to ensure they have strong healthy bones for life.

The Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand (RHĀNZ) welcomes the proposal to establish a new rurally-focussed medical school for New Zealand.

Living on a farm in early childhood is linked to a lower risk of allergies as an adult, and stronger lungs in women, than growing up in either a rural or urban area, finds research published online in the journal Thorax.

Award-winning mental health scheme GoodYarn is writing a new chapter as it grows around the country.

Food producers and growers should try out new lines of produce, says Nadia Lim, co-founder for My Food Bag.

Imagine treating a disease such as diabetes by eating special foods registered as medicines. It's not science fiction.