Six senior health officials will intervene at Labtests today on the instructions of Auckland's DHB heads, who have demanded the service fix its problems.

A woman's Labtests results diagnose her as having prostate problems - a gland only in men.

Auckland's controversial new community laboratory service poses "a real risk" to public safety, NZ's top health watchdog says.

Licensing tobacco retailers and turning cigarette packs into plain packages bearing only health warnings is among five new proposals to reduce smoking.

Many people with heart failure are getting ineffective treatment and face an increased risk of dying, a global study says. The NZ Ministry of Health agrees with the findings.

Hundreds of thousands of Kiwis would receive subsidies to buy healthy foods under a new system proposed by a Govt commissioned study.

Alcohol abuse by young people is costing the country a fortune.

A Health Ministry review group wants to ban giving cough and cold medicines to children under 6.

Health Minister Tony Ryall is distancing himself from a controversial recommendation that would in effect resurrect part of National's '90s health system.