Doctors are obliged to treat everyone, but some patients can test their professionalism.

Research showed there was likely to have been a significant effect on memory.

This hospital says it's never treated so many as emergency department numbers tick up.

Many Kiwi women can't correctly pinpoint their fertile window, a new study suggests.

Will we land on Mars? Discover alien life? Share our days with Artificial Intelligence?

Pair are seeking public help to raise money for bowel cancer treatment costing $18,000.

COMMENT: Termination of life is an anathema to most doctors, says Ron Jones.

A baby girl born with four legs and two spines has been separated from a parasitic twin.

That's the goal of a bold new project between Kiwi researchers and the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation.

Damning new evidence exposes the scale of the growing scandal and an alleged cover-up over Primodos super-strength hormone tablets.

A 10-year study has revealed a link between the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as Nurofen, and an increased risk of cardiac arrest.

Unnecessary prescriptions could lead to serious long-term consequences.

New findings suggest poison, not cancer or faulty glands, did in the author of Sense and Sensibility.

Kiwis have been revealed as being among the world's most prolific pre-loaders.

US politician and neurosurgeon Ben Carson reckons one zap can help your brain with total recall.

A brave mum has shared heartbreaking photos taken with her stillborn son after she awoke from a coma to be told he had been dead for three weeks.

Three-year-old Lily-Grace is knocking off the milestones in spite of dark prognosis.

COMMENT: Though the right to die committee is still hearing submissions, its members probably feel they have heard all the arguments.

Jonathan Lawson has extensive training in nursing, aero-medical support and intensive care. Now he's turning his hand to appearance medicine, with his new business which brings botox treatments into the home. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A woman married to a sufferer of the fatal "Elephant Man" condition that means his bones and organs won't stop growing says the disease doesn't scare her.

NZ research may hold key to disease treatment to stop spread from cell to cell.

Take the test to see how lifestyle changes can affect your "heart age".

A New Zealand doctor's improper care left a patient with arthritis and limited function in one of her fingers.

COMMENT: I am 15. As a kid, your parents are superheroes. So there is nothing scarier than hearing that one of them is going to die.

Suffering from an extremely rare neurological disorder, Sleeping Beauty Syndrome is no fairy tale for this woman.

Going into hospital can be a stressful experience. But this nurse is sure to provide a welcome distraction for any anxious patient.

A teen born with microcephaly was told she would never walk. But she will become the first sufferer in the world to strut the catwalk as a model.

A marketing manager left tetraplegic after falling awkwardly at home pleaded with doctors to switch off his ventilator machine.

Nearly two thirds of women would pop a female 'Viagra' to boost their sex life - and some want the effects to last for more than 24 hours

Is there a cure for fake news? New research has found that misinformation on climate change can psychologically cancel out the influence of accurate statements.