Some pharmacies are charging more than twice the standard price for prescription drugs.

General medicines can now sit alongside snacks in vending machines after regulation changes came into effect yesterday.

An artificial joint touted as the best on the market has turned into an international medical disaster. The Weekend Herald investigates why no one here saw it coming.

The story of a stroke victim who revives for a short time after being given a sleeping pill has baffled medical experts.

A respected scientific group has recommended not using paracetamol to reduce flu-related fever.

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.

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