Ritchie Clark has a ready reply to any workmates on his construction site who hassle him about his flowing locks.

Women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer are less likely to die of the disease if they regularly consume a vitamin and mineral tablet.

An "insurmountable" lack of radiologists has forced the Southern District Health Board to relinquish the southern breast-screening service from the middle of next year, the board announced yesterday.

Michael Douglas is celebrating after doctors told him the chance of his tongue cancer returning is just five per cent.

Auckland grandmother of two Maria Ferguson wants to "love life to the fullest" after successful breast reconstruction surgery following her battle with cancer.

Nearly one in three women who had beaten breast cancer, and 54 per cent of those under 55, say they have sex less often.

Musician Philip Chevron, long-time guitarist with Irish folk-punk act The Pogues, has died after a battle with cancer.

Seven women are diagnosed with breast cancer in New Zealand every day. Amelia Wade tells the stories of seven patients

Emerald Reid is among the seven NZ women diagnosed with breast cancer every day.

Teenage girls who regularly eat peanuts are 39 per cent less likely to develop benign breast disease by the age of 30.

Kane Fannin took his two young children to the beach yesterday, a seemingly ordinary excursion in the school holidays.

Terminally ill rocker Wilko Johnson is becoming wary of booking more gigs as he is still in good health despite already playing a series of farewell shows.

Billy Connolly has revealed he has been cleared of prostate cancer and will go ahead with a tour of New Zealand next year.

Bringing peace of mind to 50 million people worldwide by 2030 is the ambitious aim of Auckland company MoleMap.

The man leading the authority that warned against bared nipples in a breast cancer ad says he did so to save a charity time and money.

Scottish comedian Billy Connolly is going ahead with a tour of NZ next year, despite undergoing treatment for prostate cancer and Parkinson's.

Keeping active for half an hour a day can reduce the risk of cancer of the womb by nearly half, according to a study.

Shoes are an important part of any outfit but on Friday Neerali Parbhu will be making a deliberate fashion faux-pas to help children with cancer.

NZ's Vietnam veterans say it's "no surprise" a type of leukaemia is diagnosed at an elevated rate among them - it's what they've long known about Agent Orange exposure.

An alternative therapist who is accused of ensuring one of her patients failed to seek medical care says she repeatedly recommended the patient get hospital help.

The daughters of a woman who died from an cancerous lesion which ate into her skull say an alternative treatment therapist discouraged their mother from seeing a doctor.

British theatre mogul Andrew Lloyd Webber has been hospitalised in the UK, where he received his "12th general anaesthetic in 8 months".

The son of a Kiwi mother is recovering from the radiotherapy which he finally underwent despite her fears, with no signs of cancer on his last scan.