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COMMENT: Kyle MacDonald on how our efforts to help someone may make things worse.
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What you really need to know about your personality type
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Where you're born influences the person you become
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While in Vanuatu, Michael shared his tips on using the local produce to create a healthy and affordable diet.
Eye nurses confront belief in witchdoctors
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'If I lose my sight then that's it for me'
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Heart attack survivor's message to men: Get an annual health check
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AI offers new hope for Alzheimer's sufferers
A new AI system can predict the development of Alzheimer's with 100 per cent accuracy.
Accountant uses mindfulness to change
As a health coach, the message I received from a client last week was ultimate.
How 'keeping up with the Joneses' can make you sick
Kyle MacDonald on how pronounced status anxiety is here in New Zealand.
Psychotherapist's concerns about Mental Health Awareness Week
Psychotherapist reveals "deep confliction" about Mental Health Awareness Week.
Swarbrick: no stigma in mental health issues
Greens mental health spokeswoman tells AUT audience her teen anxiety was 'quite normal'.
Big Read: How noise pollution is killing us
The level of noise around us is a ticking health time bomb.
Kiwi feminists discriminating against our transgender community
As transphobic posters appear around NZ, Kyle MacDonald unpacks the group behind them.
Video Diary: NZ father, Kurt Brunton, goes to America for groundbreaking treatment
Video Diary: NZ father, Kurt Brunton, goes to America for groundbreaking treatment.
Chrissy Teigen gets candid about postpartum depression
The model reflects on how her breasts, sex life and body image have changed after kids.
Harry Potter, school expulsions and the nature of evil
Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald on the call to remove schools' rights to expel kids.
Heart op study stuns experts
Blood transfusions given to older heart surgery patients could do more harm than good.
Top secret: Military tactic to get to sleep in two minutes
This US army method claims to guarantee sleep in 120 seconds.
Olympic star: How to fight depression
Kiwi Olympian Alexis Pritchard explains how she helps husband Cameron Todd.
Spring is in the air — so is hayfever
New Zealand's pollen season was around 34 weeks long.
Is Jacinda Ardern guilty of 'virtue signalling'?
Kyle MacDonald discusses the term and whether or not it applies to our Prime Minister.
Nanogirl: Is your phone blinding you?
COMMENT: For your eyes' sake, put the phones to bed early.
Four tips to help you sleep better tonight
No matter who you are, where you live, or what you do, we all want a good night's sleep.
'Boob factory': The dark side of cosmetic surgery revealed
An investigation has revealed that clinics are preying on our obsession with perfection.
MS sufferers missing out on life-enhancing drugs
Expert claims Pharmac is basing its funding for MS drugs on its budget, not evidence.
Focus: Megan Banks treated her breast cancer with IORT Intraoperative radiation treatment
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