Two drug companies which market popular painkillers have given each other a headache over the advertising of one of the drugs.

Australian academic researcher Ray Moynihan says drug companies have stoked demand for a 'female viagra' by creating a buzz around the disorder they have created.

A grieving dad has told how he cradled his 10-year-old daughter in his arms as she passed away from an asthma attack.

Health authorities are warning women against thermal imaging for breast cancer detection and one expert even says the industry should be shut down.

A patient went into hospital with an allergy and left with broken neck.

A global survey of fertility treatment covering more than 100 countries has revealed wide variations in international laws governing IVF, which are fuelling the growth of "fertility tourism".

A Danish study has called for the popular anti-inflammatory drug Voltaren to be sold only with a prescription.

Starship patients are being put at risk due to a shortage of staff, the union representing doctors says.

Mother says her daughter went through unnecessary suffering for a common, though potentially lethal, complaint.

Vulnerable health workers are being suspended without pay to intimidate them into ending their industrial action, the lab workers' union says.

New Zealand fertility experts are asking whether money could be offered to encourage men and women to donate sperm and eggs for childless couples.

Pharmacists say aspirin sales should be restricted due to the risk it poses to those with heart conditions.