The drug shows promise for babies whose growth is stunted due to issues with the placenta.

Woman died after infected bedsore were not properly treated in rest home.

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.

Fertility Center's storage tank in Cleveland malfunctioned, thawing the embryos and eggs.

A brain tumour stopped him paying life insurance, his wife says - then it killed him.

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!

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.

New Zealand is in the grip of the worst mumps outbreak in decades

Total of 33 forged documents at seven different pharmacies were found over 9-month period.

Three patients got cancer and one died after not receiving bowel cancer screening invites.

Heart Kids "disappointed" the Ministry of Health kept quiet about the risk for two years.

Convincing parents kids need the jab not as simple as giving them the facts, says prof.

The boy lost all sight in one eye after a brain tumour went undiagnosed.

The baby's growth slowed at 35 weeks but the midwives treated the pregnancy as low risk.

It's been a year and no decision has been made on funding for cancer drug Keytruda.

There's a lot of fear-mongering around pregnancy, but what does the science say?