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.

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.

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.

A young couple in Sydney are looking for answers after a hospital cremated their stillborn daughter by mistake.

A 'masterpiece' in bioengineering could make sperm and egg obsolete.

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.

Last week, a study suggested as many as a third of those told they have asthma may not actually have it. Here are four other conditions often misdiagnosed as another complaint.

There's a strange side to one of the country's wealthiest citizens.