Elderly taking multiple high-risk medications for sleeping, pain or incontinence are twice as likely as others to fall and break bones, with many dying within a year of their injury, new research ...

Eligible elderly people in the South will benefit from a health monitoring programme to be implemented next year, Southern Primary Health Organisation chief executive Ian Macara says. Some Otago ...

Power poverty is already starting to bite in Central Otago - New Zealand's coldest district. Aurora Energy - the local power network company - increased its annual line charges by more than $100 a ...

A world-first study by the University of Otago has found that elderly people who take multiple medications are twice as likely to fall and break bones. This is due to the side effects of the pills ...

Over-medication could be injuring and killing our elderly. A University of Otago study has found elderly people taking multiple high-risk medications are twice as likely to fall and break bones, and ...

Police in Alexandra and Central Otago are warning people of phone scammers. Police are warning members of the public to be aware of phone scammers after an elderly man was targeted in Central Otago.

Power poverty is already starting to bite in Central Otago - New Zealand's coldest district. Aurora Energy - the local power network company - increased its annual line charges by more than $100 a ...