When it comes to disciplining teens, tough love tactics sound good, but most approaches are more tough than love, writes Kyle MacDonald.

Film writer and beauty blogger Helene Ravlich has had a mastectomy after breast cancer returned.

COMMENT: Can the 20 most popular TED talks of all time change your life? Greg Bruce finds out by reviewing all of them.

A major study has found the cause of seven in 10 deaths.

A nutritionist has revealed how some of our favourite foods could actually be making us hungrier.

Ten lingerie mistakes that could signal an overhaul of your underwear draw.

Janet Mikkelsen is a funeral director and a trustee of the Sweet Louise charity which supports those living with incurable breast cancer.

Otago University scientists have taken a first step towards what could eventually be a Keytruda-type drug to fight cervical cancer. They

A visiting world-renowned expert on childhood behavioural disorders is set to share insights into how kids' sleep problems can hurt their academic performance and later success in life.

Is washing your hair in reverse the secret to a perfect mane?

How does your brain shape up in the memory stakes? Take this short test, devised to assess how good your memory really is.

Will we get arthritis like our parents used to tell us?

Diamond earrings worn by Gemma Flynn on the red carpet for fiance Richie McCaw's film sell for $2,510.

Bacterial infection cause of death, post-mortem finds.

A mother is warning parents to be cautious of germs on shopping trolleys after her baby ended up in ICU.

We all know people who "eat clean" and are impressively diligent with the preparation of each meal, but who are routinely miserable, or stressed to the max.

Baby-led weaning, or getting your infant to eat finger food, could hold the cure for childhood obesity.

Missing a workout or two won't kill me, and it might even be good, giving my muscles a chance to rest and recover.

And help shed those winter kilos.

Most people know alcohol tends to make all of us less likely to filter what we say. The thing is, says Kyle MacDonald, social media can too.

Fighting belly fat is neither fast nor easy, you have to go back to the basics: Make general health and fitness part of your everyday life.

The hidden side of the impact of menopause.

Do you feel like your career ambition has gone AWOL? You're not alone. And it turns out it may not be such a bad thing.

Health and fitness expert Lee-Anne Wann shares her top tips for getting better workout options for less.

COMMENT: At some point there comes a time where we have to believe in and back our own levels of capability that we can move to a new situation.

The majority of Kiwi parents admit to feeding their kids up on poor food just so they will at least eat something.

After struggling to fit her size 5XL Batgirl costume, this Kiwi-born mum decided it was time to make some changes.

Eight simple changes you can make that will greatly reduce your chances of developing the disease.

Feeling under the weather or that you're carrying too much weight after a chilly winter? Here are tips from Dr Libby Weaver.

Jim Carrey's lawyers have criticised new allegations in a wrongful-death lawsuit which claim he gave STD's to Cathriona White.