Surgeons could face disciplinary action if they operate without consent.

Most vapers used e-cigarettes to quit smoking, new study suggests.

New blood test could pick up Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms show.

Scientists have gained important insights into the role of an influential molecule.

"Super-sniffer" Joy Milne is now helping with disease research to honour him.

Nurse Betty Jenkins is still going strong after 58 years of nursing.

New Zealand is in the middle of a pertussis outbreak, with thousands affected.

Good diving gear, 100kg of bodyweight and mind techniques helped lost diver survive.

Increasing societal awareness and acceptance of gender diversity likely behind trend.

Borrowing an elite athlete's bacteria could make you stronger.

Sheree Insley talks about her first summer since she went through chemo and other lengthy hospital treatment for a bowel tumour discovered a year ago. / Greg Bowker

Jason Guttenbeil should be dead by now but a miracle drug has him looking to the future.

Why do men and women suffer stress differently? Brain researchers aim to solve the puzzle.

UCOL nursing graduates are finding success in the working world.

His eyes were closed and his body was racked by a violent seizure, but why?

Was St Nicholas a legend or was he a real person? Scientists have evidence for the latter.

It is offensive to doctors to suggest they use morphine for euthanasia.

Kiwi researchers are developing a strong, anaesthetic as an opioid alternative

Should medical cannabis be legalised? Russell Brown goes to Nelson in search of answers.

Cost of imports points to local production as Govt moves to liberalise the law.

Artist Billy Apple has helped to prove that microbes in our faeces are unique identifiers.

An explainer video for endometriosis. Information from www.nzendo.org.nz

WARNING: Graphic. Shocking footage shows how a veteran died while his nurses laughed.

A new simulator is being trialled to teach surgeons how to do a tricky keyhole neonatal surgery where a baby's trachea and esophagus are stitched together.

Professor Brian Cox is baffled by the anti-vax movement.

Health and technology experts meet in Rotorua this week to diuscuss the latest trends.

Kiwi doctor is braving the threat of extremists to join a charity medical mission in Iraq.

Researchers have become concerned type 3c is much more common that previously thought.

Almost 200 schools in deprived parts of NZ have on-site health clinics. We visit one.

A $1.4 million project at Waikato Hospital will stop $25m worth of outsourced surgeries.