Pharmac could soon fund new treatments for insomnia, HIV, Hep C and others.

Scientists claim to have identified the offending enzyme and a way to block it.

NZ's consumer watchdog found many products weren't backed with scientific evidence.

A baby who was not expected to live after open-heart surgeries has started school.

Most kits lacked basic items and were pricier than making your own, the watchdog found.

Super bug threat needs strong response, microbiologists say.

It's not Pharmac's responsibility to pay for women's sanitary products.

Conjoined twins Lupita and Carmen refuse to be separated despite serious health risks.

Waikato University's bid for a medical school has greatly perturbed Otago and Auckland.

Govt will not introduce a formal policy to protect medical cannabis users.

Pharmac has funded two new drugs targeting advanced melanoma.

The Government is being urged to do right by those affected by a controversial drug.

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.

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

Like many people, Deborah Hill Cone admired Jono Pryor's courage in sharing his feelings.

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Going under the knife to lose her pregnancy weight was a decision that nearly killed her.

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.