Navy ex-servicemen suffering ill health from the fallout of French nuclear testing at Mururoa are calling for a special remembrance day.

A father whose 5-year-old son was diagnosed with cancer has been stricken with terminal melanoma just as his only child has come to the end of his treatment.

New Zealand missions to observe French nuclear tests were a global PR victory ... but the men who went see another side. Wayne Thompson reports.

Wayne O'Donnell was a stoker in the engine room of HMNZS Canterbury in August 1973 when it witnessed a nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll.

An experimental surgical knife can help surgeons make sure they've removed all the cancerous tissue, doctors reported.

A programme called Look Good Feel Better aims to give Kiwi cancer patients a confidence boost.

Hibiscus Coast runner Alison Bradley took the concept of travelling light to new heights as she jogged her away across America in an unofficial world record time.

A brazen thief distracted staff and stole money from a young Greytown boy's fundraiser for his sick grandfather.

Four of New Zealand's brightest young technologists are in Russia hoping to take out a prestigious student competition with an anti-skin cancer smartphone app.

A melanoma survivor says while regulating the sunbed industry is a step in the right direction, the council should go one further and ban them altogether.

Years of hard work will finally come to fruition for New Zealand biotechnology outfit Pacific Edge when, on Monday, the company's sales team will hit the road in the United States, the world's biggest healthcare market.

Ikaroa-Rawhiti byelection candidate Te Hamua Nikora says previous health problems forced him to quit a marijuana habit.

What price the Grim Reaper? You've got months to live, staring down the death sentence imposed by terminal cancer.

The number of women ringing the breast cancer helpline tripled following Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo a double mastectomy.

Singer Melissa Etheridge has clarified her controversial comments about Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy, insisting she did not mean to criticise the actress for undergoing the preventative surgery.

Women who regularly use talcum powder to keep fresh increase their risk of ovarian cancer by almost a quarter, according to new research.

Alan Perrott talks to people with the inside track on what’s out to get us and finds out how that knowledge affects their daily lives.

Successful women may be more likely to develop breast cancer – and stress at work, including prejudice, discrimination, and resistance, could be to blame.

Oral sex is often the first of many forays into sexual intimacy we experience as fumbling teenagers.

Two women with children in the same kindergarten were amazed to discover they had similar stories of being affected by bowel cancer.

A day after publicly announcing his cancer was in remission, Kiwi cricket legend Martin Crowe has officially launched his autobiography detailing his battle with the disease.

Michael Douglas says he'd win a Nobel Prize if he knew exactly what caused his throat cancer.

Ardie Hickey has been battling a brain tumour, and boxer Bubba Tuigamala is getting in the ring to support that fight.

A Mana Party candidate who kept $12,000 that had been given for his cancer treatment says he was unable to give the money back.

A sexually-transmitted virus that actor Michael Douglas says caused his recent illness only rarely leads to cancer.

Angelina Jolie's aunt has lost her battle with breast cancer.

Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe has opened up about his battle with cancer as his friends in the sporting world praise him for his bravery.

Hundreds of Kiwi women have been stirred into checking their family history of breast cancer after the huge publicity over Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have both her breasts removed.