New treatment could offer 10 months' extra life for women with aggressive breast cancer.

Previous blood-testing procedures could take one to two hours to reveal the risk level.

COMMENT: Tramadol is not a drug that you want to muck around with.

Teens taking a prescribed antidepressant has increased by 50 per cent over five years.

A new arrival card will come into effect on October 1.

"It's a trend that has been on the rise for some time now," doctor says.

Not just a doctor: Cresswell's life remembered

Scholarships mark outstanding academic ability, leadership potential, integrity and vision

Concerns flagged over overseas teleradiological doctors not requiring registration in NZ.

A doctor in Texas has sparked outrage over his comments about female colleagues.

Drug delivery device aims to restore movement and give back a quality of life.

MS sufferer fears his livelihood will stop when he can't access MS drug anymore.

Expert claims Pharmac is basing its funding for MS drugs on its budget, not evidence.

COMMENT: Research could be a life-saver for those needing transplants.

A panel including actress Lucy Lawless are pushing the benefits of medicinal cannabis.

After the call from the hospital, Karin Kinny needed to get to the hospital, fast.

Potential benefits need to be weighed against the arguments for potential risks.

Labour MP says move is a "subversion of process".

Family of Kiwi surfing legend want antibiotic they say crippled and killed him banned.

Antibiotic caused tremors, insomnia in late Kiwi surfing legend, his family, doctor say.

Could the origins of life be discovered in Rotorua? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Struggling to get up after sitting, the Queen is reportedly refusing surgery.

Jess Davenport-Lee, 24, was born with six heart defects and is now waiting for a liver and heart transplant. Facebook / Jess Davenport-Lee, 24, was born with six heart defects and is now waiting for a liver and heart transplant.

Charlie Goldsmith has been called a fraud, but Angela Cox can't explain what she saw.

AUT has signed a deal with a medical cannabis start-up ahead of a law change.

The six-year legal battle has come to an end in the Supreme Court.

The 81-year old biotech consultant says dementia is the world's greatest medical problem.

COMMENT: Computers can now predict your death date. Would you want to know?

Sexual harassment is rife in the medical profession, female doctors and union say.

Doctor indecently assaulted mental health patient on ice-skating trip.