MasterChef NZ judge Josh Emett remembers that as a young boy, his sun protection amounted to pulling on a pair of shorts and running around half-naked during the summer months.

A young woman battling aggressive brain cancer has given birth to a baby girl.

Thousands of people face cold heads this autumn as they shave their hair off in support of those suffering from blood cancers.

Pictures from the wedding of Vivian-Leigh Fittall and Jack Waller.

A 20-year-old mother with incurable cancer will be granted one of her dying wishes tomorrow when she celebrates an eleventh-hour wedding.

The high price of the breast cancer drug Herceptin in New Zealand could stand unchallenged for up to an extra 12 years under proposals leaked from the Asia-Pacific free-trade talks.

For most 11-year-old boys, Facebook is a way to chat with friends and share photographs - but for Reece Puddington.

When 27-year-old Briar Lobb was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she set out to live.

The Kiwi husband of a breast cancer patient who suffered an unexpected backlash after posting topless photos of herself online to raise awareness of the disease is standing by his wife's actions.

Grape seed can be combined with chemotherapy to improve treatment for bowel cancer, according to Australian scientists.

A new international study appears to have put to rest the question over whether cellphones cause cancer.

Concerned parents are asking councils to take action over playground equipment that gets so hot in summer it is burning children when they touch it.

New Zealand scientists have edged closer to new therapies to enhance the body's immune response to cancer.

Immediate action is required to combat a "tidal wave of cancer" that will sweep the globe in the next 20 years, scientists at the WHO have warned.

The UK-based New Zealand mother who lost a legal battle over her son receiving treatment for his cancer says he is cancer-free and looking forward to returning to school.

When his time comes, Stephen Wealthall would like to be at his Greenhithe home feeding the ducks and chickens or simply watching the stands of trees on his property swaying in the breeze.

As a cancer sufferer, I echo Stephen Wealthall's call for talking openly and honestly about death, writes Rev Brian Brandon.

Scottish comedian Billy Connolly will tour New Zealand this year, bringing his "High Horse Tour" to 12 cities and towns in April and May.

Gene Chase has one simple wish - to live. The 54-year-old has been struggling with his health for the past few months after being diagnosed with Castleman's disease.

Kiwis are 'dying from embarrassment' because of a reluctance to speak with doctors about bowel cancer symptoms as NZ tops a report into global bowel cancer rates

Dame Trelise Cooper is among top designers raising money for breast cancer research.

40-year-old mother-of-three's blog about her breast cancer that has spread to her bones sparks debate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Women over 50 are being urged to have regular smear tests after UK research showed those who skip screenings are six times more likely to end up with cervical cancer.

A lung cancer drug which can replace chemotherapy treatments has been added to the Government's list of funded medications.

A Texas restaurant owner is selling his business so one of his waitresses can afford surgery on her brain tumour.

Ross Hutchins talks about it like it was an inconvenience rather than something that could have killed him.

Massey University researchers are painstakingly unravelling DNA sequences in the hope of gaining valuable insight into the causes of cancer.

Police have found a car stolen from the parents of a cancer-stricken 1-year-old boy, who also had their house burgled while away getting emergency treatment for the boy.

When mother-of-two Natalie Souness went to get a lump in her neck checked she never imagined she would be the first Kiwi diagnosed with a rare cancer.