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Niki Bezzant: Dieting messes with our heads

COMMENT: I can't believe I am writing this again, but here it is: diets don't work.

Editorial: Run from fast food

Editorial: Food for thoughtlessness - our blithe and shameful refusal to eat right.

Big new food survey reveals our dark habits

Biggest survey of our food habits in a decade reveals we are a contradictory lot.

Niki Bezzant: We are (only human in) what we eat

COMMENT: We want to eat less meat and more veges but at end of the day, food is personal.

Doctor tells patient she has 'good looking breasts'

The man has been ordered to pay $5000 and attend an education course.

Doctor accused of misconduct faces final day

Final tribunal day for doctor accused of telling 15-year-old she should try masturbation.

The trouble with eating lunch at your desk

The mental health impacts associated with eating on the job.

Marie Kondo baffles fans with new venture

Is this the most contradictory move of 2019?

Sexually transmitted disease syphilis on the rise in NZ

Syphilis is on the rise with the number of cases soaring in the past six years.

Expert says doctor took excessive time examining women's breasts

Tribunal day five for doctor accused of examining a breasts like he was "milking a cow".

Super-agers reveal the secret to living longer

Scientists answer the puzzling question why some people live healthily for 100 years.

Gross reason public toilets look different

Have you ever wondered why some public toilets have a gap in the seat?

Dice with death: Boy first to have double lung transplant because of vaping

He purchased two liquids over the counter. Months later he nearly died.

Boomer-millennial warfare explained

Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on what's behind our intergenerational tensions.

'She would have been over the moon': Lecretia Seales' mother celebrates euthanasia vote

The euthanasia campaigner's mother came to Parliament to watch the final vote.

Government promises action on period poverty

The Minister for Women says the Govt will be unveiling a plan before next year's Budget.