Knitting can activate areas of the brain that are good for generating a sense of calm.

A chemical found in red wine helps slow dementia, say scientists - but you would have to drink 1,000 bottles a day to get enough of it.

In a landmark finding, researchers said it was possible the "seeds" of dementia could be transferred from the brain tissue of one person to another.

They said that while longer spells of moderate exercise were good, there were "strong benefits" in repeated short bouts of intense activity such as star jumps.

Not getting enough shut eye? Here are some blissfully easy ways to stop stress giving you insomnia.

A truck driver who narrowly missed a police officer during a more than 50km police pursuit was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

A New Zealander living in Vanuatu has appeared in court today facing charges for murdering a local man in what police describe as a vicious, drunken fight over a girl.

Extreme hoarding is a recognised psychological disorder, and, like most disorders, it finds a fainter echo in each of us.

The belief that electrical devices cause health problems is far more common than you might think.

Even multibillionaire video game creators get wealth fatigue, says Jonathan Wells.

A new body challenge has emerged in China following the popularity of previous contortion tests, with the latest relying on flexibility.

A woman with depression has tried to illustrate how it feels to suffer with the illness by having an optical illusion tattoo.

As the drug dubbed 'female Viagra' gets the green light, Rowan Pelling worries we're in danger of swallowing more than just myths about women's libido.

Two senior school sports games on Auckland's North Shore have been rescheduled to let friends of a Long Bay College student attend his funeral today.

Once depressed, debt becomes a vicious circle, says Judi Clements, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation.

Middle managers are significantly likelier to suffer symptoms of depression and anxiety than their counterparts at the top or bottom of the hierarchy, a study has found.

I've come to the conclusion, which I am aware many may find abhorrent, that my poor mum deserves the dignified death that was granted to my dog, writes Linda Kelsey.

"Without it, we wouldn't have been able to come out with the studies as quickly as we did."

One of the most promising areas of medical research these days is technology designed to try to guess your mental health and predict what you'll do next.

Vegemite has been in the news of late for all the wrong reasons. The question of whether it's even possible to brew alcohol from the black spread has since been raised.

A review of almost a decade of studies found that exposure to violent video games was a "risk factor" for increased aggression.

It turns out that having a child can have a pretty strong negative impact on a person's happiness, according to a new study published in the journal Demography.

It's often said that opposites attract. Now psychologists agree - but only for explaining why people become best friends.

"I do come across children who for one reason or another spend a lot of time with TV and DVDs. They start to assume the character."

There is growing evidence that dementia is striking earlier - and there is little we can do about it.

There are few more uncomfortable sensations than feeling you are going to throw up while becoming aware nothing is offering itself up as a discreet nausea vessel.