An Auckland health board has come last-equal in a national ranking on one measure to help prevent surgical infections in patients undergoing hip or knee replacement surgery.

Controversial study suggests non-meat eaters are more at risk of physical and mental illness, despite leading healthier lifestyles.

Researchers tested the increasingly popular theory that probiotics effectively soothe babies with the poorly understood condition.

An outbreak of the Ebola virus, which started in a rural region of Guinea in West Africa, has now spread to the nation's capital Conakry. It now reportedly involves 122 people, of which 78 have died.

It sounds like a harebrained scheme, but scientists studying baldness have come up with an idea for a cream that dissolves fat.

When asked to a training session to help readers prepare for New Zealand's first Tough Mudder, I considered hiding under my desk.

Winter does hold some challenges to maintaining a healthy weight. Here are some of the most common and how to overcome them.

Hospital doctors are causing potential harm by misusing antibiotic prescriptions, a new study shows.

Australians are gaining weight so fast that medical experts are calling for obesity to be classified as a disease and new national programmes launched to combat it.

Inactive mothers may be preventing their children getting enough exercise by setting a bad example, a study suggests.

Too much stress can lead to infertility in women, a study has shown for the first time.

Each week Rachel Grunwell tries out a different exercise to bring you the lowdown.

Our desire for salty food is at odds with our health, writes Dave Shaw. It’s the spinoff from a dietary preference in the stone age era, clashing with the modern day food industry.

One of the things I often say in class when I see struggle on my student's faces as they work into a challenging asana is to try to relax and be comfortable with the temporary discomfort.

A pill could "reset" the body clock, curing jet lag and easing the strain of working nights, scientists have discovered.

There is no such thing as "superfoods", only "super-diets", writes Dave Shaw.

This week's column is inspired by two clients who are both recovering nicely from their adrenal fatigue as we work together.

Asian consumers increasingly viewing health supplements as "an investment rather than an expense" are driving growth in New Zealand's natural products industry.

Each week Rachel Grunwell tries out a different exercise to bring you the lowdown.

Children and parents need a wake-up call about the importance of sleep, say medical experts who are visiting schools in Australia and New Zealand with their message.

From diabetes smelling like nail polish remover to liver failure smelling of raw fish, doctors say diseases could eventually be diagnosed just using smell.

Clean eating can become an obsession. It can distort healthy eating perceptions, lead to strange eating patterns and/or social segregation.

People failing to lose weight frequently blame themselves, but an expert says this attitude displays ignorance of human physiology and how it impacts weight loss.

Children whose mothers used P while pregnant find it harder to learn to walk, draw and grasp objects, according to new findings.

Fitness writer Rachel Grunwell explores five quirky ways to get kids moving.

Yesterday an update on my beloved MacAir went wonky and my laptop asked "would you like to continue in safe mode?" I'm like ... yes siree! I would love to move forward feeling safe, thank you very much.

The World Health Organisation has said sugar is the "new tobacco", making us fat and useless, so now the experts are wondering how this could possibly have happened.