Switch to Water
It's National Oral Health Day on 3 November and we want you to Switch to Water.
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Student leaders say they're sweet enough
The first supermarket in the Nelson Marlborough region has agreed to restrict sales of high-sugar and artificially-sweetened drinks to school children from 7am-3pm.
It marks the start of a 'healthy sales' initiative under the Sweet Enough Water Only programme where Nelson Marlborough Public Health Service (PHS) staff help schools and sports organisations to adopt water-only (and plain milk) guidelines.
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Love your bones
It's invisible, and it's dangerous and osteoporosis only reveals itself when a bone breaks .
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Health News - November
The November edition of Health News is available to read in local community papers.
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Simple health check changes a life
In the September issue of the Nelson Marlborough Health Connections staff magazine, medical secretary Sue Kysow talks about how a simple health check changed her life.
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More Maori and Pacific parents choosing to immunise their children
Maori and Pacific parents in the Nelson Marlborough region are choosing to vaccinate their children in greater numbers.
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Remember mumps these school holidays
Dr Andrew Lindsay, Medical Officer of Health with the Nelson Marlborough Public Health Service, has issued a reminder to GPs and other healthcare professionals in the region to be alert to mumps.
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Jumping for a good cause
Our awesome health promoter Miraka Norgate jumped out of a plane at 16,500 feet. What would it take you to do the same?
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Spotlight on Murchison
Medical students get a taste of rural life and the 'alternative' highway impacts on the Health Centre. The spotlight is on Murchison in the Nelson Marlborough Health Connections staff magazine.
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Coastguard Pete wins award
Our Emergency Manager Pete Kara has received an excellence award from the region’s Coastguard unit.
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