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					<title>New health board member</title>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:17:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[The Bay of Plenty District Health Board is welcoming a new appointee to the board.
Murupara man Jacob Te Kurapa has been appointed to the board by Health Minister Tony Ryall because of his long association with community health issues.
Jacob Te Kurapa (the man in the suit).
Jacob says his new role will enable him to get involved in a range of issues...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Bay of Plenty District Health Board is welcoming a new appointee to the board.
Murupara man Jacob Te Kurapa has been appointed to the board by Health Minister Tony Ryall because of his long association with community health issues.
Jacob Te Kurapa (the man in the suit).
Jacob says his new role will enable him to get involved in a range of issues...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Tauranga ready for Waikato overflow</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:46:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[Tauranga Hospital is prepared to take on any patients from its neighbouring Hamilton after the Waikato Hospital announced its occupancy rate is sitting at 103 per cent.
The hospital&rsquo;s assistant group is appealing to staff to look closely at incident of patient flow blockages to alleviate the situation.
Tauranga Hospital.
He says there has been...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tauranga Hospital is prepared to take on any patients from its neighbouring Hamilton after the Waikato Hospital announced its occupancy rate is sitting at 103 per cent.
The hospital&rsquo;s assistant group is appealing to staff to look closely at incident of patient flow blockages to alleviate the situation.
Tauranga Hospital.
He says there has been...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Workers use pedal power</title>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:51:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[For some biking to work is a way of life while for others today was the perfect day to give it a go.
Today is Bay of Plenty&rsquo;s Go by Bike Day where everyone is encouraged to leave their cars at home and bike to work, school or play with the choice of 14 different pit stops on the way.
Judy and Gerry Hovell with Sport Bay of Plenty green prescription...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[For some biking to work is a way of life while for others today was the perfect day to give it a go.
Today is Bay of Plenty&rsquo;s Go by Bike Day where everyone is encouraged to leave their cars at home and bike to work, school or play with the choice of 14 different pit stops on the way.
Judy and Gerry Hovell with Sport Bay of Plenty green prescription...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Heart surgery on video</title>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:33:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[ 
People can now get a first-hand look at a patient undergoing a heart procedure at Tauranga Hospital.&nbsp;
A You Tube video published by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board follows heart patient Peter Joyce through his angioplasty procedure performed at Tauranga Hospital.
Angioplasty &ndash; or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) - is a minimally...]]></description>
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People can now get a first-hand look at a patient undergoing a heart procedure at Tauranga Hospital.&nbsp;
A You Tube video published by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board follows heart patient Peter Joyce through his angioplasty procedure performed at Tauranga Hospital.
Angioplasty &ndash; or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) - is a minimally...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Health Minister visits Mount resthome</title>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:10:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[Health Minister Tony Ryall visited Malyon House in Mount Maunganui today to see first-hand a government initiative to help nurses provide better care for older people in rest homes.

Health Minister Tony Ryall with nurse Sarah Bennett and CCA trainer Joop Wierienga.
Tony says the Comprehensive Clinical Assessment (CCA), which is currently being rolled...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Health Minister Tony Ryall visited Malyon House in Mount Maunganui today to see first-hand a government initiative to help nurses provide better care for older people in rest homes.

Health Minister Tony Ryall with nurse Sarah Bennett and CCA trainer Joop Wierienga.
Tony says the Comprehensive Clinical Assessment (CCA), which is currently being rolled...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Lake Okaro health warning lifted</title>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:56:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[A health warning for a Bay of Plenty lake has been lifted.
The health warning on Lake Okaro, south of Rotorua, has been in place since July 2012.
A health warning on Lake Okaro has been lifted.
Medical Officer of Health Dr Phil Shoemack says results of regular water testing performed by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council confirms the algal bloom has...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[A health warning for a Bay of Plenty lake has been lifted.
The health warning on Lake Okaro, south of Rotorua, has been in place since July 2012.
A health warning on Lake Okaro has been lifted.
Medical Officer of Health Dr Phil Shoemack says results of regular water testing performed by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council confirms the algal bloom has...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>World first at Tauranga Hospital</title>
					<link>http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/38135-world-first-at-tauranga-hospital.html</link>
					<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 09:19:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[A new robotic surgical device developed over four years in Silicon Valley, USA, was trialled in a world first operation at Tauranga Hospital this week. &nbsp;
The connection between the two organisations is the head of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board Clinical School Associate Professor, Peter Gilling, who has an international reputation for...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[A new robotic surgical device developed over four years in Silicon Valley, USA, was trialled in a world first operation at Tauranga Hospital this week. &nbsp;
The connection between the two organisations is the head of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board Clinical School Associate Professor, Peter Gilling, who has an international reputation for...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Bowel patients moving faster</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:12:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[Tauranga Hospital is seeing an improvement in the recovery time of bowel surgery patients since the introduction of a new programme.
The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programme, designed in Denmark, was introduced to the hospital in September of last year.

Tauranga Hospital surgical services project manager Wendy Carey says it has entirely...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tauranga Hospital is seeing an improvement in the recovery time of bowel surgery patients since the introduction of a new programme.
The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programme, designed in Denmark, was introduced to the hospital in September of last year.

Tauranga Hospital surgical services project manager Wendy Carey says it has entirely...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>$10million for preventative health</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:41:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[Bay of Plenty schools are among the 22 decile three secondary schools to receive funding to provide new school based health services this term.
Edgecumbe College and Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Kura Koriri will receive the money as part of the Prime Minister&rsquo;s Youth Mental Health Project.

More than 8000 more secondary school students will be able...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Bay of Plenty schools are among the 22 decile three secondary schools to receive funding to provide new school based health services this term.
Edgecumbe College and Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Kura Koriri will receive the money as part of the Prime Minister&rsquo;s Youth Mental Health Project.

More than 8000 more secondary school students will be able...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Bay crash hot spots revealed</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:51:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[A team from Bay of Plenty District Health Board has reviewed 64 separate road crashes in the region in an effort to reduce the number of deaths from trauma.
Trauma is the leading cause of death between the ages of 5 to 45-years-old with about 2500 Kiwis dying a year as a result of trauma.
Four people were taken to hospital after a crash on State Highway...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[A team from Bay of Plenty District Health Board has reviewed 64 separate road crashes in the region in an effort to reduce the number of deaths from trauma.
Trauma is the leading cause of death between the ages of 5 to 45-years-old with about 2500 Kiwis dying a year as a result of trauma.
Four people were taken to hospital after a crash on State Highway...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Shellfish warning remains for Bay</title>
					<link>http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/37738-shellfish-warning-remains-bay.html</link>
					<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[Two more cases of paralytic shellfish poisoning were reported during the Christmas and New Year break bringing the total number of cases in the Bay of Plenty to 29 since mid-December.
The shellfish warning for the Auckland region was lifted yesterday following results from the Kaipara Harbour that show toxic levels are at non-detectable levels.
Two...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two more cases of paralytic shellfish poisoning were reported during the Christmas and New Year break bringing the total number of cases in the Bay of Plenty to 29 since mid-December.
The shellfish warning for the Auckland region was lifted yesterday following results from the Kaipara Harbour that show toxic levels are at non-detectable levels.
Two...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Fast food linked to asthma</title>
					<link>http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/37732-fast-food-linked-to-asthma.html</link>
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:16:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[An international study involving Bay of Plenty teenagers has discovered a link in the severity of asthma to fast food consumption.
A total of 4126 Bay of Plenty youth including 1976 aged 13 to 14-years-old and 2150 children aged six and seven-years-old participated in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood that studied the diet...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[An international study involving Bay of Plenty teenagers has discovered a link in the severity of asthma to fast food consumption.
A total of 4126 Bay of Plenty youth including 1976 aged 13 to 14-years-old and 2150 children aged six and seven-years-old participated in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood that studied the diet...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>â€˜Mount Maulerâ€™ biting back</title>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:22:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[A relaxing morning at Mount Maunganui beach turned into anything but for Hamilton resident Cherie Lemmon this weekend.
Cherie was sunbathing at 9.30am Sunday morning when she noticed small &ldquo;maggot-like&rdquo; larvae on her towel, which she squashed with her bare hands.
Hamilton resident Cherie Lemmon was left with bites covering her body after...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[A relaxing morning at Mount Maunganui beach turned into anything but for Hamilton resident Cherie Lemmon this weekend.
Cherie was sunbathing at 9.30am Sunday morning when she noticed small &ldquo;maggot-like&rdquo; larvae on her towel, which she squashed with her bare hands.
Hamilton resident Cherie Lemmon was left with bites covering her body after...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Aussie bug makes its mark</title>
					<link>http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/37509-aussie-bug-makes-its-mark.html</link>
					<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 07:08:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[An Australian viral import is rapidly becoming the dominant strain of norovirus in Britain, say UK health officials.
The Sydney 2012 norovirus strain is now causing more cases of vomiting and diarrhoea in England Wales than other strains.
Hand washing is being promoted as one of the best ways to prevent the spread of norovirus.
But there is no indication...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[An Australian viral import is rapidly becoming the dominant strain of norovirus in Britain, say UK health officials.
The Sydney 2012 norovirus strain is now causing more cases of vomiting and diarrhoea in England Wales than other strains.
Hand washing is being promoted as one of the best ways to prevent the spread of norovirus.
But there is no indication...]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Flaring hot summer</title>
					<link>http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/37455-flaring-hot-summer.html</link>
					<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:30:00 +1300</pubDate>
					<description><![CDATA[Losing track of time, discovering gaps in sentences where you have misplaced words, time and space appear to be on a wobble, and the day simply disappears.
According to one researcher these symptoms and a number of others, including feeling agitated and uneasy, are caused by solar flares.
Solar flares effect people&rsquo;s mental and physical health.
And...]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[Losing track of time, discovering gaps in sentences where you have misplaced words, time and space appear to be on a wobble, and the day simply disappears.
According to one researcher these symptoms and a number of others, including feeling agitated and uneasy, are caused by solar flares.
Solar flares effect people&rsquo;s mental and physical health.
And...]]></content:encoded>
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