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Fight aging: Pump young blood in old veins, expert

The pumping of young blood into old veins could keep people sprightly as they age, says a US scientist who is visiting Australia.

Kiwi aims to bust mastectomy mystery

An Auckland woman has published photos of her reconstructed breasts online to take away some of the fear and mystery around a mastectomy.

Blog: What is happiness?

How do you define happiness? Do you think high expectations can compromise it? Are our children destined to be less happy than we are?

Louise Thompson: Emotional eating exposed

Why do we procrastinate?

Why do we choose to mess around when we need to knuckle down and do what we know to be important?

The meat and diabetes link

A meat-based diet containing too much acid increases diabetes risk, research has shown.

Death of the food pyramid

The National Heart Foundation has come up with a new healthy eating guide, possibly spelling the end of the traditional healthy food pyramid. Health expert Dave Shaw deconstructs the new advice.

'Sorry' over yoga pant stoush

Lululemon has apologised for comments which implied that some women's bodies just aren't suitable for their yoga pants.

Mild winter - more mozzies

Expect to hear that baleful high hum above your bed more often this summer - a mild winter has meant mosquitoes are likely to be out in force.

Why kids heal quicker

The mystery of why wounds heal more quickly in the young compared to the elderly may soon be solved following the discovery of two of the genes involved in tissue regeneration.

Diet clue to why we over-eat

A lack of protein in the modern diet is a cause of overeating and is a big factor in causing obesity, an Australian university study has found.

Health team calls offside on junk food

Sport saturated in junk food

New Zealand sport is saturated with junk food, undermining the sector's ability to promote healthy eating, researchers say.

Sharing the emotions of birth

We still don't know much about how labouring women experience that pivotal time when their bodies are working hard to push out their infants and deliver them into the world.

Aussies happier than Kiwis - study

Australians are among the happiest people in the world, while Kiwis are just feeling average, according to a new study.

Dave Shaw: Snacking at sport - how to avoid health hazards

Eating at sporting games isn't the same as eating for sport - even though putting in a full day’s shift as a spectator can be rather exhausting.

Could tattoo ink cause cancer?

There’s no doubt that some of the chemicals in tattoo ink have been associated with cancer – but it’s a bit more complicated.

Health woes as more teens seek obesity surgery - study

Teens seeking weight-loss surgery in the US have a startling number of health problems that used to be seen only in adults, according to a major government-funded study.