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.

Fisherman Fred Marsters who died in the Kaipara tragedy has been remembered for his passion, enthusiasm and love for life.

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

Paterson said cancer sufferers between 20 and 45 are often in the early stages of their career, and in many instances have young children.

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.

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.

Good night my beautiful angel, says heartbroken father whose photograph of his dying 4-year-old daughter went viral.

Scientists even believe their refusal to seek medical advice could be partly behind why women tend to live longer than them.

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.

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.

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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.

Michael Buble has reportedly put his singing career on hold to focus on his son Noah's recovery from liver cancer.

Cancer-stricken Vicki Letele has spoken out about the anger she feels towards the way she was treated in prison.

Pike River widow Anna Osborne will continue to self-medicate with marijuana after being told chemotherapy has failed to rid her of cancer.

The proper response when someone is terminally ill is to offer support and comfort.

Adam Kelliher leaves behind his wife and two daughters