A Dutch company called Emotional Brain claims early trials of a new drug, Lybrido, show promise for women in the treatment of loss of sexual desire and that "pink Viagra" could be on the market as early as 2016.
Millions of arthritis sufferers could be increasing their risk of a heart attack or stroke by more than a third by taking large doses of drugs such as ibuprofen, one of the largest studies of painkillers reveals.
An Auckland woman says she owes her life to an eye test, after it led to a potentially fatal tumour in the lining of the brain being removed.
About 20 clowns have been accepted into New Zealand's first academic programme to become fully qualified medical comedians.
A bowel cancer screening programme pilot credited with saving 60 lives in its first year highlights the "outrage" of not rolling it out nationwide, University of Otago health services researcher Dr Sarah Derrett says.
Today, we know that lifestyle and environment interact with diet to affect our health, writes Charlotte Martin.
A woman whose skin is tearing away from her body is likely to get a transplant overseas after Kiwi specialists declined to carry out the procedure.
On what should have been his fifth wedding anniversary, Praveen Halappanavar was instead at a coroner's court, hearing a jury deliver a verdict of medical misadventure in the death of his wife.
A million-dollar nationwide steroid dealing ring that involved banned medicines being posted around New Zealand has been smashed by police.
A champion bodybuilder has today admitted running a nationwide steroid dealing operation, pleading guilty to 156 charges.
A leading doctors' group has criticised a coroner for his alleged misunderstanding of the health sector when he made recommendations to rectify system failings in the care of Zachary Gravatt.
New Zealand cancer patients have joined a major international trial designed to see if a shorter course of toxic chemotherapy is as effective as the standard 24 weeks of treatment and less harmful.
A father who won the right to name health workers who cared for his son before his death says "Zac will rest easier" because the precedent-setting ruling won't be challenged.
One of New Zealand's top clinical microbiologists has joined the warning of Britain's chief doctor that the growing resistance to antibiotics poses catastrophic threats to human health and receives too little attention internationally.
A champion bodybuilder accused of running a nationwide steroid dealing operation has been continuing his crimes while on bail, according to police.
Researchers from the UK and Canada say Voltaren should be pulled off the market because it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Andrea Murphey is an attractive, youthful 52-year-old who says her life has been saved by an expensive "miracle" drug.
A former Crown prosecutor has died suddenly in Christchurch Hospital from a "very rare" blood clot just three weeks after giving birth to her son.
The news the Govt is looking to reduce access to certain elective surgical procedures is likely to raise the blood pressure of many across the country, writes Dr Justin Vaughan.
Leaked proposed provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement could affect our ability to treat chronic diseases, writes Briar Mannering.
A champion bodybuilder accused of running a nationwide steroid dealing operation has pleaded not guilty during a brief court appearance today.
Scientists in Britain have found a way to get dogs with severe spinal injuries back on their feet in a discovery that raises hopes for paralysed humans.
A disgraced obstetrician who botched sterilisation procedures in New Zealand will not be allowed to practise again in Australia unless he passes neuropsychological testing, a medical tribunal has ruled.
Many Kiwis are not getting free prescriptions they are entitled to and the most vulnerable are likely to be hardest hit when charges rise next year, researchers warn.
A champion bodybuilder has vowed to fight charges that he was behind a nationwide steroid dealing operation.