The Child Cancer Foundation wants to give young cancer patients a very special, but far-flung, gift.

Air fresheners and some cleaning products increase the risk of breast cancer, a study suggests.

NZ researchers have established that vitamin C can help to block the growth of cancer cells.

Shan Inglis, the lawyer wife of Auckland mayoral candidate Len Brown, has throat cancer and needs urgent treatment.

American billionaire Josephine Robertson, a major benefactor to the Auckland Art Gallery, has died.

The HPV vaccination could mean more women with cervical cancer will not be diagnosed, health officials have warned.

British doctors have made a dramatic advance in the understanding of breast cancer which could shorten treatment, save millions and see fewer women undergo mastectomies.

It's billed as the test to scare smokers into quitting, but now some public health groups say it may encourage some to keep on puffing.

The life of Beverly Jean Morrison, better known as the singer Beaver, was celebrated with song, laughter, tears and many fine stories on Saturday.