A UK man who lost most of his genitals to a flesh-eating superbug after routine surgery has spoken out about his ordeal.

Rugby legend Sir Colin Meads says he is winning his fight against cancer.

Melanoma patient's life saved by trial drug

Denise Albert, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, was flying from Los Angeles to New York when she says airport security crossed the line.

Sponsored art owls to mark Child Cancer Foundation's 40th anniversary.

Some health tests, treatments and procedures may be unnecessary

National MP Nikki Kaye has returned to Parliament for the first time since her cancer diagnosis, confirming she will stand again in Auckland Central.

It started with headaches. Then they got worse, so bad, that Jordan Dolbear had to take time off from his clinical placement for his nursing degree.

Pharmac announced today it would start funding the breast cancer drug Perjeta, but 160 Kiwis who have already started treatment won't be eligible.

According to Tamaki, Harry Potter is a tool to recruit people toward evil.

A young Australian boy suffering from leukaemia has been granted his wish to "blow something up".

A man with advanced prostate cancer is believed to be cured after doctors 'shocked' his tumour to death.

New research by Kiwi scientists has revealed how chemotherapy stimulates the release of tiny bubbles from the surface of cancer cells that cause potentially fatal blood clots.

Pregnant with cancer, Elle Halliwell was told she had to make an impossible decision. This is more than a sad story. It's a love story.

They were just 26, a high-flying couple used to the idea that medicine can deliver a cure for most illnesses, but now they've been confronted with a profound dilemma.

Some will wait to 2020 to join scheme

The Labour Party is urging a rethink of one of the Government's key health targets after a group of surgeons revealed important operations were being put off in order to reach the strict target.

Two Australian women have been left devastated after being wrongly misdiagnosed with cancer.

Restaurant critic AA Gill has revealed he has been diagnosed with the 'full English' of cancers.

A four-year-old British girl who captured hearts all over the world has died after losing her battle with cancer.

This is the final resting place of 'JS', the 14-year-old British girl who fought for the right to be frozen after her death.

Marton woman Marie Stantiall was surprised to learn that the skin discolouration on her leg was a melamoma in need of urgent attention. Mrs

The grieving father of a terminally-ill teenage girl who was cryogenically frozen following a landmark legal case spoke of his ordeal for the first time last night.

MP Louisa Wall championed the right of everyone to marry. She has now tabled a Bill that sets out a process for terminally ill person to legally end life.

In a heartbreaking letter to the court, girl wrote: "I don't want to die but I know I am going to...I want to live longer...I want to have this chance."

Martin Johnston looks at the journey of paediatric healthcare in New Zealand, bravely going where no children's hospital had before.

Every time Deanna Trevarthen sees a Worksafe television advertisemen she shuts her eyes until her partner changes the channel.

Circle_see_more_DP.epsFoodbank_Appeal_2016_DP_5.epsFoodbank_Appeal_2016_DP_1.epsBy Matthew Martinmatthew.martin@dailypost.co.nz GIVING

A successful campaign for the release of terminally ill fraudster Vicki Letele illustrates one of society's most difficult decisions, writes David Fisher.

COMMENT: Vicki Letele is dying. She will not see her three young children grow up. That has to be a far worse punishment any court could give her.