New Zealand sits at the bottom of the western world for access to modern medicines. Pharmac decide what drugs we buy and when. So why aren’t Kiwis getting the medicines they need? Listen to Rachel Smalley discuss this topic: Rachel Smalley. NZ’s Shameful Health SecretContinue Reading

OPINION: How long does it take you to make a decision about whether or not to buy something? You’ve got all the information in front of you. You know it’s a good product. It works. You need it. And you’ve got the money to buy it. So how long will it take? What if I said...Continue Reading

Australians will not seek help for blood cancer symptoms: survey (thelimbic.com)Continue Reading

Watch this excellent presentation by Dr Rob Weinkove of the Malaghan Institute, courtesy of Leukaemia & Blood Cancer NZ, on ‘COVID-19 and haematology patients – protecting yourself in 2022’.Continue Reading

Parameswaran Hari, MD, MRCP, the Armand J. Quick/William F. Stapp Professor of Hematology, and the chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, at the Medical College of Wisconsin...Continue Reading

Please take 10 minutes to complete this survey to help us put myeloma on New Zealand’s health agenda and help you to have the best lives possible. The survey will be open until 3 September. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8YBXM78Continue Reading

Stand Up To Cancer awarded a $10 million grant to a research “dream team” that will strive to revolutionize the treatment of multiple myeloma through early detection of precursor conditions. “We tell people with precursor conditions that we will ‘watch and wait’ until it turns into multiple myeloma, with multiple tumors that can potentially cause...Continue Reading