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.

Auckland University is raising fees and cutting staff to meet a budgetary squeeze

Narelle Ahrens' son needed two blood transfusions before he was even born

Medical association to vote on change to Hippocratic Oath.

Lynda Hodge's dream of becoming a paramedic has been dashed by a change of anaesthetic.

'If it weren't for the fin cut, I never would have known'. WARNING: Graphic Images.

A vitamin-mineral treatment could help kids with ADHD, new Kiwi-led research suggests.

Desperate family campaign for severely disabled boy's last hope - medicinal cannabis.

People are trying to beat cancer with alternative medicine, and are dying in the process.

Understaffing at Waikato Hospital results in warning over training accreditation failures.

New NZ research could help realise the powerful promise of a new type of cancer treatment.

Spermicide, condoms, diaphragms and pills - sexual health worker shares history.

Ice Fernz captain Dr Helen Murray is determined to keep up both research and sport

Smokers who are Maori or whanau of Maori can be part of the free trial to quit the habit.

Visiting Nobel Prize winner Dr Bruce Beutler transformed the field of immunology.

Why are our children dying from Third World diseases linked to unhealthy homes?

A woman was given a drug to assist miscarriage - but radiologist erred and baby was alive.

An ED doctor speaks about the traumatic injuries suffered by people without seatbelts.

The US FDA is investigating the deaths of five people who took a new obesity treatment.

The deprived and young women feature predominantly in self-poisoning cases in EDs.

An elderly heart patient died hours after he was given 10 times the prescribed medication.

The family of Elaine Iketau are appealing for help from the public.

A Kiwi trial is exploring how Viagra may help underweight babies before and after birth.

With just seven cases per million people, Isabel was extremely unlucky to contract SJS.

World Health Organisation warns of untreatable strains of sexually transmitted infections.

UK doctor leaves BMA after vote favours decriminalising abortion, others set to follow.

New studies have left scientists divided over the use of paracetamol during pregnancy.