After a grave cancer diagnosis, a Gisborne woman has delivered her baby boy today.

The new drug, Keytruda, hailed as a historic step forward in the treatment of advanced melanoma, has been given only a low priority for taxpayer funding.

An expectant mother who wed after a grim cancer diagnosis is due to give birth today - and then must travel to Australia without her newborn for treatment.

More than 2500 people from across the country painted the town yellow in a charity walk through the streets of Auckland last night.

Days after cancer news shattered her world, mum-to-be Charlie exchanges marriage vows.

Nearly $7000 has been raised for a pregnant woman fighting an aggressive form of cancer as she marries her partner this afternoon.

Three of the Hastings City Assist team grew beards especially to have them shaved off at the Hastings Night Market, to raise funds for Child Cancer Foundation. Video by Duncan Brown

Richmond Villeran put his stomach pains down to his workouts at the gym. But after a week, and with his stomach growing, he knew something was wrong.

Inspired by two friends' battles with cancer, an Auckland woman has decided to conquer the country - by bike.

This week's alarming health headlines are about new research showing vegetable oils release toxic chemicals when heated, which cause cancer.

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in New Zealand but a large number of Kiwis are still failing to be sun-smart in the summer months.

7-year-old Kate Diprose loves art and is now a published illustrator.

Sharon McKay knows her racehorse Franco Nelson has over 100 years of history against him in today's $750,000 New Zealand Trotting Cup in Christchurch.

COMMENT: New Zealand spends less per capita on healthcare than Australia, and that's not good enough, writes Evangelia Henderson

Emma Crowley was in the shower, shaving her right armpit, when she made the alarming discovery that may have saved her life.

Scientists warn of the dangers of frying food in sunflower oils and corn oil.

New Zealand's breast cancer death rate dropped by 20 per cent in the decade after the start of the national breast screening programme.

Tom McGrath talks about being diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Addiction is a word we throw around too readily, sending us on the wrong track like the matters of comparing tobacco and bacon, Paul writes.

Is it time to switch bacon for tomatoes? Scientists have designed disease-fighting tomatoes packed with a 'miracle ingredient' found in red wine.

COMMENT: Yes, TV3 is free to move the current affairs show around the schedules, but 3D is made with taxpayer money, writes Duncan Greive.

Britons should try to avoid bacon, sausages and other cured meats altogether as they are as big a cancer threat as cigarettes, experts have warned.

When Kourtney Ryder experienced lower back pain during her pregnancy doctors put it down to the baby leaning on her spine.

A teen battling a rare form of leukaemia had her wish granted today - meeting her favourite football team.

Women using IVF are a third more likely to develop ovarian cancer, the biggest study of fertility treatment in the world has discovered.

Experts believe the number of moles someone has on their right arm is an indication of their chances of skin cancer.

Funnyman and stoner icon Tommy Chong is undergoing surgery to remove a tumour in his rectum in the hope it will end his painful battle with cancer.

System under fire as hundreds of cancer patients put on Job Seeker Hardship while they are getting treatment.

A NZ girl who travelled to the United Kingdom to undergo lifesaving surgery, only to be told she had cancer, has been given the all-clear.