After two years living in New Zealand, a sailing trip to Vanuatu ended with Doug Nash's wife dying in his arms.

For women who suffer from painful periods, this procedure is proving a popular option to stop them for good.

A Queenstown-based doctor is on his way to change the Physician's Oath after successfully lobbying the World Medical Association.

Shelby Slagle waited 27-years for a normal heartbeat, and more than two years for the heart transplant which would save her.

Worms could hold the key to curing asthma after it was discovered that they secrete a protein which prevents the body overreacting to allergens.

Steven Schroeder is typical of most men - he put off getting a medical issue checked. But he hopes his tale will help others.

An Auckland man has survived a high-risk surgery removing almost half of his skull, freezing it, and putting it back in six months later.

It's called Squish - and it could mean all the difference in treating millions of people around the world with strawberry birthmarks and other related disfiguring conditions.

COMMENT: This week, junior doctors are on strike because of their rosters (max 72 hours a week). ONLY 72 hours a week?

They survived Boko Haram, now millions are at risk of starvation. It has been described as one of the world's biggest humanitarian disasters.

The mother of the first person to get approval to use medicinal cannabis in New Zealand has made an emotional plea to Parliament to make it easier for others to get access to the drug legally.

A doctor used the names of six people to get prescription drugs for herself.

Medicine ads pulled off Chinese language sites after inquiries made.

Watch NZH Focus: A Kiwi face transplant surgeon has lead his team in transplanting two donor arms to a retired marine who lost all four limbs in Afghanistan.

Janet Mikkelsen is a funeral director and a trustee of the Sweet Louise charity which supports those living with incurable breast cancer.

Demanding hospital rosters are having an adverse effect on junior doctors around the country.

How many times over the years have we seen the junior doctors' union complain about the unconscionable hours they work in public hospitals?

Babies born under the care of midwives have suffered higher rates of damage than those whose mothers were looked after by doctors, according to new research.

The death of a 1-year-old Nigerian baby had many authors - Boko Haram's viciousness, his own government's negligence, and starvation's relentlessness.

Spending 2 hours a week walking, gardening or playing golf may offset the deadly impact of drinking too much alcohol, research suggests.

The first drug to combat Alzheimer's disease is on the horizon.

One of the country's foremost concussion experts has called the publication of research linking rugby concussion and long-term difficulties a "game-changer".

A mother who forced her children to undergo unnecessary surgery in order to orchestrate England's biggest ever benefit fraud, has been jailed.

Weaning animals from antibiotics in favor of vaccines has become central as resistant superbugs become more prevalent in public spaces.

Doctors hope a new monitoring system will give clearer figures on the impact of the Zika virus on New Zealand children.

Life-saving surgery only option for sick 2-year-old girl Elyse.

A leading New Zealand researcher may have found a powerful new weapon to combat deadly, drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis.

Treatment times for stroke victims remain well outside the recommended "golden hour" for reducing the risk of disability, a study has found.

Hand and face transplant surgeon Simon Talbot is back in his native New Zealand to tell a surgical conference about his pioneering work in the US.

COMMENT: It's important to sort the fact from the fiction when thinking what Natural Health Products Bill really means for consumers and the industry.