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

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

Scientists create a prototype for a 3D bio-printer that is capable of printing functional human skins.

The hormone kisspeptin essentially switches on the desire to reproduce and is thought to be responsible for the sexual appetite of young people.

A new series looks at the changes and processes that occur in our bodies as we age, the conditions we'll be more susceptible to and how to prevent them.

A teenager has attempted to circumcise himself after being teased by his friends.

Zoe Marshall - wife of Kiwi league legend Benji - has adopted a radical diet in her bid to get pregnant.

COMMENT: I always find around the summer holidays there are two quite different, yet equally vivid, realities going on in my head at the same time.

A legal highs baron whose synthetic cannabis product was blamed for causing severe health effects and psychotic episodes is building a luxury waterfront home.

Ever met someone who just wasn't into music? They might just have a condition called specific musical anhedonia.

Top-up a short-term measure, ministry says

Whanganui GP John Moore is retiring after 38 years on the job Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Leading ED doctors are calling for New Zealand's drinking culture to change because they are sick of dealing with drunks.

An everyday household product has a definite link to a brain disease, a scientist says.

An Auckland mum is petitioning Parliament to give Pharmac more money to fund treatment for rare diseases.

The model has revealed she suffers from Hashimoto's disease and her treatment messes with her metabolism which caused her to lose weight.

Telling people to "drink plenty of fluids" when unwell could be dangerous, doctors have warned.

A UK man who lost most of his genitals to a flesh-eating superbug after routine surgery has spoken out about his ordeal.

Jadon and Anias McDonald, twin brothers who were conjoined at the head, are thriving post-separation surgery.

Waikato DHB breached national targets in October and November for the number of patients waiting too long to see a specialist.

Beth fell asleep on the couch one day and didn't wake up for six months. Here's why.

A man with advanced prostate cancer is believed to be cured after doctors 'shocked' his tumour to death.