Eva McGauley has terminal cancer but a miracle drug has seen her tumours disappear.

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.

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.

Even those who see death every day are scarred by working mass tragedies.

A new pilot programme will explore a chemo-first option for some breast cancer patients.

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.

A bogus doctor has resurfaced in Poland facing fresh misconduct allegations.

A former American football star says he would not let his own son play contact sport.

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.