A new Australian discovery could lead to the first ever drug treatment for people battling the most aggressive form of breast cancer.

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.

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

New Zealand is good at doing small, complex clinical trials. We are reasonably priced, we have robust ethics oversight and good researchers.

Smokers are in denial that their habit causes lung cancer and they should be offered tests that show their personal risk, a researcher says.

An Australian army field hospital is set to be turned into a community health centre as authorities work to prevent a medical crisis in Christchurch.

A medical recruitment company claims to have seen a 300 per cent rise in New Zealand doctors leaving to find better pay in Australia in the last year.

A diabetes drug alleged to be a factor in 100,000 cases of heart failure is being withdrawn from the NZ market.