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Sir Robert Martin will provide inspiration at new Whanganui programme

Lifestyle management course offers tips and support for wellbeing.

The new drugs that could extend the lives of 120,000 Kiwis

Pharmac is considering new medicines for type 2 diabetics.

Big Science: Are Pacific people predisposed to gout?

Can higher rates of gout and type 2 diabetes in Pacific people be put down to evolution?

Pharmac to fund better diabetes drugs

New Zealand has had the worst range of funded diabetes drugs in the developed world.

$5m project to begin building NZ's first 'gene bank'

Scientists aim to tackle diseases hurting Kiwis by building NZ's first genomic database.

Editorial: Run from fast food

Editorial: Food for thoughtlessness - our blithe and shameful refusal to eat right.

Niki Bezzant: The warning signs for diabetes

One hundred thousand Kiwis are walking around with this chronic health condition.

Losing limbs: Why are so many Kiwis needing amputations?

The Associate Health Minister wants a major health campaign around diabetes.

Diabetes: 'the middle of the epidemic'

"It's already got worse - we are now in the middle of the epidemic."

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.