Duck hunters are being urged to dedicate some of their efforts this year to a family struggling with the loss of their mother and wife.

Demand for donated eye tissue continues to outstrip the gradual rise in willing donors.

Drinking one can of fizzy drink a day can increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by a fifth, researchers have found.

Christine Main seemed a fit and healthy woman when she had a serious stroke at the age of 32.

Only about a third of outdoor workers protect themselves properly from solar UV radiation, according to new research.

Greer Davis was 25 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, putting her in an extremely small club.

Increased awareness and changing attitudes have led to a growing number of Pacific women taking part in breast screening.

A cancer charity under investigation over its spending has stopped paying its staff while it considers whether to resume operations in New Zealand.

Massive advances are being made into the treatment of melanoma, with a cure for sufferers of particular forms of the skin cancer on the horizon, experts say.

Melanoma experts from New Zealand and around the world will meet in Wellington tomorrow to discuss latest research and plans to reduce incidence and impact of the cancer.

I pick up the phone and dial. My heart is thumping in my chest and my mouth has gone very dry. I have been thinking of doing this for a very long time.

The father of a boy whose mother failed in a legal bid to stop radiation therapy for a brain tumour, says his son is reacting well to treatment.

A smartphone app which measures UV exposure and issues a warning if the user is at risk of getting burnt has taken out a prestigious national technology competition.

A New Zealand mother who lost a court battle in Britain to stop her 8-year-old son from receiving radiation therapy for cancer says her worst fears over the treatment have been realised.

A cancer charity will accept money from a retail group with ties to big tobacco, even if the Starship Foundation won't.

Nerves in Grant Baker's fingers and feet are still suffering from the chemotherapy he received after having surgery for bowel cancer detected more than six years ago.

New Zealand cancer patients have joined a major international trial designed to see if a shorter course of toxic chemotherapy is as effective as the standard 24 weeks of treatment and less harmful.

A registered charity dedicated to cancer research has donated less than 5 per cent of the $1.1 million it has collected from New Zealanders over four years.

Women who take aspirin are less likely to develop skin cancer, new research suggests.

Overwhelmed is how Sass Mahuika says she felt on reaching the Cook plaza on top of Gisborne's landmark Kaiti Hill by wheelchair yesterday.

A sore backside is what a group of jet skiers will have as they take on a 600km journey to the Bay of Islands, raising money for charity.

Seeing her long curly hair being chopped off was almost a bit much for 12-year-old Gemma Singleton.

Prostate cancer screening using blood samples may do more harm than good, according to a European study now being cited here in favour of restrictions on the testing.