A study of the benefits of relationships has confirmed a truth that many have long held to be self evident: marriage is good for you.

Margarita Politis is a glamorous 42-year-old woman who once appeared in a magazine with celebrity psychic Kelvin Cruickshank, excited they were having a baby.

A judge this afternoon ruled that name suppression should continue for a 28-year-old woman accused of murdering her newborn baby.

The festive season glow is fading as the reality of the year ahead sets in. Lisa Bradley reports on how to keep the return-to-work blues at bay and deal with the challenges ahead.

Austria announced plans to exhume graves containing the remains of 220 suspected victims of Nazi Germany's infamous euthanasia programme yesterday.

The holiday is over and that sinking feeling has set in - it's back to work, back to reality.

A social worker, who took about $55,000 worth of cash and gifts from a mentally ill patient, has been ordered to pay her $100,000 in damages.

The quest may no longer be for the elixir of immortality but with an ageing population there is increased awareness of what it takes to live long and well, writes Dionne Christian.

An Otago University study has challenged the idea that depression and anti-social behaviour are primarily influenced by genes.

The husband of Maori Party MP Rahui Katene says he resigned as the head of the Mental Health Commission in 2008 after using commission money for personal spending.

A watchdog has slammed three organisations over the locking up of a alcoholic, 43, in a resthome for more than a year without proper legal authority.

Findings suggest walking is the best way of preserving both mental and physical health in old age.

A BOP trust for people with mental illness must pay $13k plus a year's earnings to a woman unfairly sacked while on stress leave.