Figures to be released at an obesity summit today indicate 72 per cent of Australians aged over 25 will have a weight problem in 2025.

It is not yet a panacea for all ills, but it is getting close.

A popular new pet is all the rage in Britain, but it comes with a warning.

A sudden epidemic of polio has ravaged the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A breast cancer campaign calling for women to post photos of their breasts online has caused a NZ website to crash.

Scientists this week announced the first pill to provide effective protection against Aids.

Drug-buying agency Pharmac is set to provide greater access to an expensive drug used to treat brain cancer.

Federated Farmers want a ban on pollen imports and an end to artificial pollination of kiwifruit after Psa was found in pollen samples.

Up to four patients in NZ have contracted a killer strain of a superbug which inhabits other bacteria.

Household crowding is being partially blamed for NZ's high rate of acute rheumatic fever among children and teenagers.

The disease has begun to infect residents of the capital's densely populated tent cities, where more than a million people are still living.

An Otago University molecular biologist has been awarded New Zealand's top science and technology honour, the 2010 Rutherford Medal.