Undercover surveillance of tanning salons has found nearly half failed to implement key safety checks, a new study shows.

A coalition opposed to legalising euthanasia has welcomed the latest legal development in the case of terminally-ill Lecretia Seales.

New study suggests Kiwi men diagnosed with prostate cancer die sooner than those in Britain, and part of the reason may be poorly organised treatment.

Evidence is mounting that long-held theories about breast cancer could be inaccurate.

There will be no outright ban on commercial sunbeds despite pleas from organisations including the Cancer Society and Consumer NZ.

Glad Downes is a devoted mum and grandmother. She has a joyful spirit and gives 100 per cent to her family, whom she loves more than anything.

Mother of three out to spread health message and raise public awareness of breast cancer.

A test that can predict with 100 per cent accuracy whether someone will develop cancer up to 13 years in the future has been devised by scientists.

Actress Cobie Smulders has stunned fans by revealing she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of 25 while working on hit the TV comedy How I Met Your Mother.

After months of speculation - and years of her friends' doubts - Whole Pantry founder Belle Gibson has admitted she never had cancer.

A group opposed to euthanasia says allowing terminally ill woman Lecretia Seales to take a lethal dose of drugs would have far-reaching impacts on NZ society.

The Human Rights Commission and two other groups want to join a legal challenge by a terminally ill woman seeking the right for a doctor to help her die without criminal prosecution.

The asbestos epidemic, which is expected to cause up to 12,000 New Zealand cancer deaths, may be reaching its long-predicted peak.

A breath test which can predict the chance of developing stomach cancer has been developed by Israeli scientists in the hope that it could save thousands of lives.

Warriors five-eighth Chad Townsend's future in New Zealand is under a cloud as the Sydney-based mother of his partner battles a terminal illness.

A 'devastated' doctor who was involved in a laboratory mix-up that led to one woman needlessly losing a breast has pleaded for forgiveness.

Hill had no intention of going public about her shocking story until her doctor encouraged her to speak out to educate others on the disease.

Dogs have a 98 per cent reliability rate in sniffing out prostate cancer, according to newly-published research.

Israeli scientists have found that cannabis can help slow the growth of some cancerous tumours, according to the preliminary results of new research.

Auckland heart specialist Malcolm Legget counts himself lucky to be alive more than three years after cancer was diagnosed in his pancreas and liver.

Older men are 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with malignant melanoma than their parents’ generation and women are five times more likely.

Nine-year-old Lili Reynolds has beaten brain cancer - a year since the brave little Aucklander was granted her wish to meet a real life princess.

Sinda Hall has always loved swimming, but her decision to take part in this month's King of the Bays State Ocean Swim Series event goes beyond mere sport.

Angelina Jolie Pitt has announced she has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to mitigate cancer risk.

Rates of throat cancer have increased sharply in New Zealand since the 1980s and part of the rise may result from a widespread sexually transmitted infection.

Vapour from e-cigarettes has a fraction of the toxins of traditional cigarettes, and much less nicotine, a new study has found.

The ‘Angelina effect’ of star’s surgery will help raise awareness of ovarian cancer, writes Jane Merrick.

Niki Orchard had discovered she had the BRCA1 gene in spring 2009, after losing her own mother to cancer in February.