Your chances of getting the surgery are influenced by where you live, expert tells.

World-first study to reveal the health benefits of non-Caesarean births.

The Herald captured the bittersweet moment when the two strangers were reunited.

"I opened car door and it was like opening an oven," Paul Donovan says.

Scientists have shed fresh light on why seemingly unrelated diseases so often go together.

A remarkable story of teamwork secured Finau Veikoso her transplant.

Diabetic boy died after mother sought help of popular herbalist.

Celebrity chef Michael Meredith holds cooking demo in diabetes-ravaged Vanuatu

Watch our livestream debate about the causes of diabetes in the Pacific and how to help.

Ill diabetic clergyman urges others to be careful what they eat in his final sermon.

Hilda Hango is an athletically built woman of 22 who is hoping she won't need to have her leg cut off. Video / Chris Tarpey

Diabetics from Tanna Island in Vanuatu fear going blind.

Superstition: Vanuatu eye doctors must overcome traditional ways to help diabetics.

"They don't have enough knowledge about diabetes and they come up with all sorts of thoughts - oh, I was punished by something, or I was poisoned." Video / Chris Tarpey

$2.1 million eye clinic funded by Fred Hollows Foundation to open in Vanuatu.

How diabetes crippled and blinded a strong man.

Nearly a quarter of Vanuatu's population of 280,000 have diabetes. There is a huge number of people who may not know they have the disease and will go blind without treatment. Video / Chris Tarpey

Karlpat Edul doesn't look the type to have had his life put on hold by a disease like diabetes. Video / Chris Tarpey

Clerence has dense cataracts and diabetic retinopathy, whereby the disease causes bleeding at the back of eye. Video / Chris Tarpey

COMMENT: Health is an area where we are sometimes quick to judge others.

Dame Valerie Adams is backing a new recipe book being released to help diabetics.

Researchers closer to understanding how gut bugs affect development of type 1 diabetes.

Improvements in cholesterol, blood pressure, body weight and lower type 2 diabetes risk.

RNZ's Morning Report co-presenter discharged from hospital after diabetic emergency.

A drug being trialled to help diabetics control weight and blood sugar looks promising.

More screen time and the pull of unhealthy food are causing Auckland kids to get fatter.

"You cannot exercise your way out of [this] tooth decay epidemic," says Kiwi dentist.

Children as young as 10 presenting with type 2 diabetes.

Ex-Master Chef judge wants to help others with Type 2 diabetes improve their health.

New trial investigates whether fish oil in pregnancy can combat weight problems in kids.