John Hinckley Jr committed one of history's most famous crimes, all for the sake of a desperate delusion. In his mind, it was love.

OPINION: Methods of detoxification have existed in different cultures for thousands of years, and science has started to catch up with traditional wisdom.

Kiwis' use of antibiotics has soared, indicating widespread inappropriate use for viral coughs and colds, experts say.

COMMENT: It looks as though our Advertising Standards Authority will, once again, fail to adopt a strict code of food advertising to children.

Those visiting Aussie beaches this summer better be careful as tiny, invisible and deadly jellyfish are on a southern invasion.

OPINION: If you struggle to stick to exercise plans, you're not alone. But there are some simple fixes to help you stay on track, says Lee-Anne Wann.

Thirteen-year-old Danny Fitzpatrick was bullied mercilessly at school. He wrote a poignant letter about his ordeal, before taking his own life.

They're called "slow waves" - and while we don't feel them, they propagate through our bodies each time we eat something. A new study aims to learn more about them.

She's not a hypnotist, but she can convince you that you're a criminal or were traumatised as a child. Elizabeth Loftus has ways of making you think.

Amber Arkell was in bed when boyfriend Kieran Wilson found a lump on her breast that turned out to be cancer.

Life is so much better when we allow ourselves to experience it in all its wonderful, fascinating variety.

Don't assume it's all downhill after 40, you can stay fit and well into old age.

Nutritionist reveals the meals to minimise a sore head - and the foods you should always avoid to prevent a lasting hangover.

COMMENT: Putting the past year in perspective can be good preparation for starting the next, writes Jan Aitken.

Almost 60 cases of food poisoning are being linked to a farm selling raw milk, it emerged yesterday.

'Tis the season to consume more alcohol than normal, but the throbbing head that follows is not so festive. Here's how to avoid a bad hangover.

Generous Kiwis have donated thousands of dollars towards helping a young Auckland father who has been given only months to live. Ben

Quitline has revealed the top reasons New Zealanders who contacted them decided to give up smoking in 2016.

A bodybuilder who uploaded a video of himself laughing at an elderly woman as she worked out has been banned for life from his gym.

Zirk Engelbrecht flipped forwards, backwards and into foam pits for six straight hours as people wondered if he'd gone mad.

Taupo toddler with an incurable brain stem tumour is beginning to show signs of increased mobility.

There is nothing pleasant about a gastro-type illness, just ask the 5000-or-so people who became ill from Havelock North's contaminated water in August.

Actress Carey Mulligan has urged people to keep close ties with relatives with dementia.

Evolution could be to blame for chronic hip pain, scientists have revealed.

Jasmin Floyd just thought she had a stiff neck. Little did she know she was growing a second skeleton that would eventually trap her in her own body.

People who have been the same approximate size for their whole lives simply do not understand what it means for your body to undergo such a radical shift.

First one, then another. Bite! Slap! Bite! Before you know it, mosquitoes are descending from the skies to disrupt your backyard summer

Born in a time where booze, sex and a hangover pie were a given, is this generation rebelling by giving it all up?

It took an injury and a push from his fiance to propel him into a career in fitness and now he has helped his partner lose 16kg in the lead up to their wedding.

A Nigeria teenage girl who spent her life being carried around in a plastic bowl because her body stopped growing has died.