The price for one year of perfect health for a NZ patient turned out to be $35,714 in Pharmac's funding of new medicines in the last financial year.

Two medical researchers are calling for tighter controls on paracetamol sales after their hospital audit found it is the drug of choice for self-harm, especially among teenage girls.

It was absolutely astounding to see kids were able to play more sports and had less wheezing and coughing.

A real-life Robin Hood, who saves lives in the world's poorest countries, has been disciplined for practising without a certificate.

Ten women will receive womb transplants following surgeons in the UK getting the green light to start treatment.

Many researchers now believe old-fashioned cheap drugs will provide the next big breakthrough in cancer treatment.

A Kiwi inventor's quest for cash to pay for incubators has attracted a helping hand from a father with reason to be grateful.

A doctor with terminal cancer who revealed that his dying wish was to meet his unborn daughter has published a book posthumously about his journey.

A man confined to a wheelchair is able to walk again after United States scientists reconnected his brain and legs.

"Making normal sexuality into a medical problem is an easy PR task with enduring serious consequences for the health of NZ women."

Although we now have a far more detailed and accurate picture of medicine, the ancient Greeks can help us think through a number of topics that are still relevant today.

Death rates from general anaesthesia and some of the most common surgeries have been revealed.

A Kiwi professor has developed a new treatment which may be the answer to helping those diagnosed with the incurable disease: asbestos lung cancer.

A Dunedin professor who invented the first drainage device for glaucoma has been honoured at a function at the Otago Museum.

Kiwi scientists have found in pig bladders a breakthrough that could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of a disorder which frequently catches its sufferers short.

The atmosphere in Kathmandu is one of fear and terror following the second major earthquake to hit Nepal, a Unicef official in the city says.

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Nepal today, with a number of powerful aftershocks also shaking the beleaguered nation.

Trekkers on Base Camp, many being experienced adventure seekers, relive their experiences of Nepal's earthquake.

A Kiwi anaesthetist volunteering in quake-ravaged Nepal says the most heart-wrenching sights are the things he can't help with - providing food and shelter.

A breakthrough by New Zealand scientists could lead to a vaccine to treat a ghastly disease which mostly affects the poorest in the world.

An Australian doctor branded the "new face" of Isis tried to get into medical school in New Zealand, but failed after a year and left the country.

Slouching on the sofa watching movies often isn't the best way to get study done, but for medical students, a trip to the DVD store can be good for grades.

The painkiller routinely prescribed to people with lower back pain may not only be unhelpful, it may actually be causing harm.

Angelina Jolie Pitt has announced she has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to mitigate cancer risk.

Dr Greg Taylor has been a plastic surgeon for 30 years. He talks about alpacas, racing cars and middle-aged insecurity.

Medical suppliers' payments to doctors should be opened to public scrutiny, say a group of health and science experts.

Kiwis have slower and less access to the newest and most innovative medicines than their OECD counterparts, according to a report out this week.