A spiralling shortage of doctors has sparked a warning of future "severe safety issues" in New Zealand hospitals, with predictions that patients could suffer from increasing medical mistakes and treatment delays without urgent action.
A fake doctor known as the 'bra man' groped the breasts of three female patients while treating them.
Ethics experts have approved NZ's first clinical trial using adult stem cells to treat people with spinal injuries.
A large study of several popular painkillers has confirmed that using them long-term carries significant risks of heart disease and stroke.
Hundreds of herbal medicinal products will be banned from sale in Britain next year.
Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure.
The end of a "long nightmare" is in sight for the family of a chronically ill Hawkes Bay girl given a life-saving multiple organ transplant.
Mohamed Taranissi, the so-called 'bad boy of the fertility world' is still Britain's most successful IVF specialist.
Janie, one of the world's oldest chimps in captivity, may soon be sniffing through a modified inhaler to treat her worsening asthma.
It is not yet a panacea for all ills, but it is getting close.