Can you guess which body parts you could lose and still live a relatively normal life?

The flu vaccine has arrived in New Zealand - but will it work?

Study may be a breakthrough for women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Cutting edge tech promises orthotics users a chance to walk pain free - but at a cost.

They're belittled, humiliated and pushed to their limits. Mava Enoka reports.

Nicole Kildare says short-staffing at Tauranga Hospital over Christmas nearly killed her.

EDs seeing new wave of ultra-potent synthetic drugs are being invited to join new effort.

Music school and library cuts foreshadow more job losses as varsity trims costs.

New Zealand researchers have found a better way to treat hypoglycaemia.

Study finds good progress is being made but more can be done to reduce salt and sugar.

Maori, Pacific Island babies with a rare heart defect are less likely to survive.

Robots have again proved faithful companions to patients managing their health at home.

Emma Penney has been left with PTSD and depression after her appendectomy went wrong.

IBD sufferers want businesses required by law to let them use the bathroom.

Language and cultural barriers see Fijian women getting less access to health services.

Snoring is the bane of many lives. A start-up company has got to grips with it.

The late philanthropist's daughter set up the new charitable trust in May last year.

New Zealand has the worst skin cancer rates in the world and you never know who's affected until you get a skin check.

The research suggests ibuprofens "may be" involved in adult male reproductive problems.

DHBs in Auckland have seen a spike in emergency C-sections but it's not clear why.

Perfect storm is almost here for our overloaded hospitals.

Women who use their own tissue in breast reconstruction have fewer post-op complications.

There's nothing wrong with being a little weird, scientists say.

The injectable acid "burst[s] fat cells like little balloons".

Top student's advice: stop procrastinating, understand things and get to bed early!

127 NZ doctors must resit the career-defining exam, with no word on who will pay.

In New Zealand, 3 babies out of 1000 die in the first month. In Kiribati it's 23.

Abortion committee urges politicians to update "archaic" law.

Waikato Hospital's plastic surgery department is critically understaffed, say doctors.

Curious about cadavers? April is your chance to see them up close.