It’s been said that left-handed people are more vulnerable to mental diseases, live shorter lives and are more likely to experience developmental delays. But modern thinking has taken quite a different turn.

New research hints at the cause of this unusual phobia that makes people panic at the sight of a cluster of holes.

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Drugs. Drunks. Indecent exposure. Abuse. It must be the library.

Doctors view suicidal patients as a threat to their reputations and are more concerned with avoiding blame than treating people, a leading expert says.

Life & Style Editor Nicky Park spoke to postnatal depression expert Dr Sara this week and now she's online to answer all your questions.

When a new baby is born it's all happy snaps, proud online posts and loved up parents. However, it's not all roses.

Around 10 to 20 per cent of New Zealand women will suffer some form of postnatal depression (PND) and some dads will cop a dose too. And up to 80 per cent of women go through a thing called 'third day blues,' a totally normal, short, hormone-induced condition following childbirth. New Zealand psychiatrist and PND expert, Dr Sara Weeks, says it's time for women to stop suffering in silence and has penned a new book, Mothers Cry Too, to try and raise awareness of PND. In this video Nicky Park talks with Dr Sara about the various ways PND can manifest, how we can tell if a woman is at risk, what we can do to help and the fact that dads are at risk too.

If you're feeling a lack of confidence in your job hunting, you are not alone. Kiwi workers are experiencing a slump in their confidence concerning job mobility.

One in two women aged under 35 will be rewarded with a baby if they persevere with assisted fertilisation attempts, according to a groundbreaking study.

A miniaturised "brain-in-a-bottle" has been grown by stem cell scientists who hope it will lead to new treatments for neurological and mental diseases.

Minna Huotilainen said a baby is not a blank slate when it enters the world and has already learned how his or her family members speak before being born.

Have you thrown a sickie? Is it an acceptable thing to do?

Charles Manson and Richard Branson may have more in common than rhyming surnames and big hair.

Children are becoming increasingly anxious due to too much time in front of TV and computer screens.

A new study of unintentional deaths from poisoning has found that inhaling butane gas and similar substances is the leading cause in young people.

What do you do when you are loving the new you that is emerging with your new shiny life and, well, some of your nearest and dearest, they don’t love the new you?

A poignant blog shows just what an impact fear can have on women’s lives and dreams. Anna Maxted — no stranger to crippling anxiety — is prompted to ask ... What are we all so afraid of?

Youth suicide rates have dropped in the past year after a sharp rise last year, and coroners are now increasingly concerned about suicides by elderly people instead.

This is my world at the moment. Nightmares when I sleep, headaches while I'm awake and, if I succumb to it, a rising sense of panic that threatens to swallow me whole.

Auckland's mental hospital for criminals has been told bedroom doors should generally be left unlocked but it is uncertain how to comply in full.

Rather than smashing your way through half a dozen lattes, or being tempted to ride through the afternoon on a sugar high, here are some foods that will help you stay focused.

Time to get specific this week.

What does get me out of my dog-hair-encrusted bed? Curiously, what I find inspiring are people who are okay with being ordinary, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

It was unbearably hot and steamy in the green, canvas tent where more than 200 people were crammed; every inch of sitting, standing or squatting room was taken up, with all eyes trained on a small wooden stage.

People who are too smart for their jobs are putting themselves at risk of depression, according to a new study.

Research suggests that far from being a brush with the afterlife, near-death experiences are caused by a rush of electrical activity in the dying brain.