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.

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A diabetes drug alleged to be a factor in 100,000 cases of heart failure is being withdrawn from the NZ market.

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.