Diabetes: 'the middle of the epidemic'
"It's already got worse - we are now in the middle of the epidemic."
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Child, 2, locked in stifling hot daycare
Daycare head teacher left 2-year-old asleep when she locked up and went home.
Running for a cause: Actor Will Halls races to help his niece
Will Hall is running four 1/2 marathons before he turns 40 for his niece who has diabetes.
Niki Bezzant: Govt shows weakness on sugar tax
COMMENT: The only people who don't support tax are those making sugary drinks - and Govt.
Special investigation: Why NZers unnecessarily lose limbs in 'appalling' amputations
There are calls for urgent changes to curb a growing amputation toll.
John Clark: Diabetes needs to be regarded as social issue
COMMENT: Our current model of medical care is failing Māori in a spectacular manner.
Tax needed to curb NZ's deadly sugar rush: study
Sweet drinks cause more harm than high-sugar foods, University of Auckland study finds.
'Postcode lottery' for weight loss treatment
Your chances of getting the surgery are influenced by where you live, expert tells.
Breakthrough NZ research: How C-section babies may miss health benefits
World-first study to reveal the health benefits of non-Caesarean births.
'It was like an oven': Woman who was unconscious in car meets man who saved her life
The Herald captured the bittersweet moment when the two strangers were reunited.
Family track down mystery hero who saved the life of 69-year-old
"I opened car door and it was like opening an oven," Paul Donovan says.
Why our 'junk' DNA could be hiding disease breakthroughs
Scientists have shed fresh light on why seemingly unrelated diseases so often go together.
Medics' desperate effort for patient's life-saving transplant
A remarkable story of teamwork secured Finau Veikoso her transplant.
'Charlatan' who was imprisoned for manslaughter
Diabetic boy died after mother sought help of popular herbalist.
Chef Michael Meredith cooks up healthy storm
Celebrity chef Michael Meredith holds cooking demo in diabetes-ravaged Vanuatu
Diabetes 'tsunami': Watch live panel discussion
Watch our livestream debate about the causes of diabetes in the Pacific and how to help.
Watch: Michael Meredith shows Vanuatu locals how to make healthy meals
While in Vanuatu, Michael shared his tips on using the local produce to create a healthy and affordable diet.
Young diabetic hopes graft will save leg
Fit woman from Pentecost Island at risk of losing leg and eyesight due to Type 1 diabetes.
Diabetic pastor's last sermon: 'careful what you eat'
Ill diabetic clergyman urges others to be careful what they eat in his final sermon.
Watch: Young diabetic hopes graft will save leg
Hilda Hango is an athletically built woman of 22 who is hoping she won't need to have her leg cut off. Video / Chris Tarpey
'If I lose my sight then that's it for me'
Diabetics from Tanna Island in Vanuatu fear going blind.
Eye nurses confront belief in witchdoctors
Superstition: Vanuatu eye doctors must overcome traditional ways to help diabetics.
Watch: Battling superstition - the life of an eye nurse
"They don't have enough knowledge about diabetes and they come up with all sorts of thoughts - oh, I was punished by something, or I was poisoned." Video / Chris Tarpey
A day at the eye clinic
$2.1 million eye clinic funded by Fred Hollows Foundation to open in Vanuatu.
Karlpat's Christmas wish is to see his son
How diabetes crippled and blinded a strong man.
Watch: A day at the eye clinic
Nearly a quarter of Vanuatu's population of 280,000 have diabetes. There is a huge number of people who may not know they have the disease and will go blind without treatment. Video / Chris Tarpey
Watch: Strong man Karlpat was brought down by diabetes
Karlpat Edul doesn't look the type to have had his life put on hold by a disease like diabetes. Video / Chris Tarpey
Clerence has lost her toes to diabetes - now she's going blind
A dramatic increase in diabetes in the Pacific is causing amputations and blindness.
Diabetes 'tsunami' overwhelms Pacific
Pacific Island nations worst affected by diabetes and related blindness.
Watch: Clerence lost her toes - now she's going blind
Clerence has dense cataracts and diabetic retinopathy, whereby the disease causes bleeding at the back of eye. Video / Chris Tarpey
Niki Bezzant: Time to stop judging diabetics
COMMENT: Health is an area where we are sometimes quick to judge others.
Dame Val gets behind new recipe book for diabetics
Dame Valerie Adams is backing a new recipe book being released to help diabetics.
Diabetes study probes babies' gut bugs
Researchers closer to understanding how gut bugs affect development of type 1 diabetes.
Wholegrains good for the heart, new study shows
Improvements in cholesterol, blood pressure, body weight and lower type 2 diabetes risk.