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World-first operations to lengthen short bones

New Zealand patients have become the world's first to have a leg-stretching treatment that is controlled by external magnets.

Botox style DIY shots disfigure women

Checks on killer patient 'superficial'

'Sunshine vitamin' pills may extend lives of cancer patients

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.

Drug death: Nurse stood down

Skin cells to rescue ailing livers

Scientists have been able to convert skin cells into liver cells, a breakthrough that could one day eliminate the need for organ transplants.

Baby's sister may also have ingested adult pills

Medicine sparks dead baby inquiry

Manuka honey hailed as weapon in superbug battle

Manuka honey, the premium product found on fashionable breakfast tables, could play a role in the battle against antibiotic-resistant superbugs, scientists reported yesterday.

Weekend work in Aussie nets NZ doctors thousands

Doctors flying to New South Wales to work weekends are earning as much as $8200.

Our own House physician

An Auckland doctor solves medical mysteries that have her colleagues stumped. Andrew Laxon asks her how she does it

New Zealand missing the boat on clinical trials

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

Drugs give hope to melanoma patients

Call for smokers to be offered cancer risk test

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

Christchurch earthquake: 'Warzone' hospital aims to prevent health crisis

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.

Three fold increase in doctors heading to Oz - recruiters

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.