Kimberley Jane Dark has made it clear that she doesn't want to be kept alive with a feeding tube.

When patients have a certain kind of brain surgery to treat epilepsy at Auckland City Hospital is sent over the road to the Auckland University for research.

As millions of Muslim pilgrims prepare to converge on holy sites in Saudi Arabia this [northern] autumn, the global health community is anxiously monitoring an outbreak of a respiratory virus known as Mers.

Britain is set to become the first country in the world to allow a controversial IVF technique that produces embryos with DNA from three people in an attempt to rid some affected families of serious genetic disorders.

Judy-Anne Osborn asks "Could a dire new infection sweep the world in a matter of weeks? Might the disease be so strange it alters the behaviour of people beyond recognition, making them predatory and fearless?"

Lance and Jennifer Gravatt will use their family's health board payment, made after the death of their son, to help their new business that aims to supply a cheaper vaccination for the disease that killed Zachary.

Nasie Bayley has such a rare condition in her digestive system doctors consulted leading international specialists before operating.

Early childhood centres are feeling the effects of the community outbreak of a severe strain of hand, foot and mouth disease.

Doctors are being put on alert over a severe strain of hand, foot and mouth disease after some children were admitted to hospital.

Targeting parents whose kids' vaccinations are not up to date will save lives, federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says.

Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.

Modern life is causing dementia to develop earlier than ever, according to new research.

Today, we know that lifestyle and environment interact with diet to affect our health, writes Charlotte Martin.

There’s no reliable test for it, yet the number of people with gluten intolerance is apparently on the rise in New Zealand. Greg Dixon tries to get to the bottom of the disorder.

Bored of an evening? You could always create an Algae Biofuel Lab as one 17 year old student in the US did to win a $100,000 science prize.

The planned release of vast numbers of imported dung beetles could spread nasty gut diseases, Auckland's top public health doctor has warned.

At a secret location just north of Auckland, an experiment has started which might alter the face of New Zealand's $12 billion dairy industry.

Children tug at a nation's heartstrings when they are ill. When one of them has a heart that is failing the tug is all the stronger.

A new, highly infectious strain of the norovirus stomach bug that has hit New Zealand has been linked to a death in Northland.

A new and deadly strain was behind most of the norovirus illnesses that affected dozens of people throughout New Zealand late last year.

Kiwis are being urged to take health precautions to prevent infection from a deadly strain of norovirus, which has already reached New Zealand.

Medical experts in New Zealand are bracing themselves for the arrival of a deadly flu that is sweeping the US which has already killed 20 children.

Overweight people have surprisingly beaten out your normal Joe Average on the mortality scale, a statistical survey of medical studies has shown.

A woman with a very rare debilitating disease was planning a trip to the United States for tests with stem cells before her death.