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NZ's soaring diabetes rate puts us with world's worst
Scientists blame the increase on the spread of a Western-style diet, leading to rising levels of obesity.
Scientists blame the increase on the spread of a Western-style diet, leading to rising levels of obesity.
An American doctor has finally produced a drug which offers a solution to the problems which killed patients in several New Zealand hospitals 40 years ago.
New Zealand patients have become the world's first to have a leg-stretching treatment that is controlled by external magnets.
Coach Graham Henry doesn't like seeing the All Blacks doctor's number come up on his phone.
A vitamin pill available for a few pence in any local chemist's shop may have a bigger impact in extending the survival of cancer patients than drugs costing tens of thousands of pounds, says a leading cancer specialist.
Scientists have been able to convert skin cells into liver cells, a breakthrough that could one day eliminate the need for organ transplants.
Shonda Rhimes, who created US tv's biggest medical dramas, talks to Jacqueline Smith about the shows and what's next.
Manuka honey, the premium product found on fashionable breakfast tables, could play a role in the battle against antibiotic-resistant superbugs, scientists reported yesterday.
Doctors flying to New South Wales to work weekends are earning as much as $8200.
An Auckland doctor solves medical mysteries that have her colleagues stumped. Andrew Laxon asks her how she does it