Champion racing driver Scott Dixon dropped into a cancer ward at Auckland City Hospital yesterday to lift the spirits of Shylo Harrison.

Progress is being made in the war against drug addiction and its links with crime.

Former long-distance running star Allison Roe has defended thermal imaging, a popular but controversial investigation for breast cancer.

Health authorities are warning women against thermal imaging for breast cancer detection and one expert even says the industry should be shut down.

Tony Ryall says if the health sector was run more like a supermarket chain it could save millions when purchasing supplies and services.

The suspension of 15 striking laboratory workers in the North Island this morning was an attempt to intimidate them, their union says.

Surgeons at North Shore Hospital have their say about the unacceptable state of the facility.