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Are chemicals used in fragrances bad for your health?

Scientists warn some chemicals found in fragrances can cause adverse health outcomes.

At 53 I was diagnosed with incurable prostate cancer – I wish I’d been tested sooner

Telegraph: Prostate cancer screening can save many men’s lives

Whooping cough epidemic: Case numbers pass 1000

The health agency is urging people to get vaccinated against the disease.

Tim Bray Theatre Company's final curtain call as founder battles rare cancer

A champion of children's theatre announces closure after 33 years.

Why stress can cause a stroke in mid life (and how to prevent it)

Telegraph: It’s never too late to start stroke-proofing our lives.

Why you should wash your vintage clothing as soon as you take it home

Second-hand clothing can be a reservoir for many potentially dangerous microbes.

The deadly problem with quartz kitchen worktops – and what you should choose instead

Cases of a fatal lung disease have risen among tradies working with engineered quartz.

Is it anxiety or something else? What women should know.

Misdiagnosis of anxiety in women can obscure serious conditions.

Cruise travellers catch severe disease from luxury amenity

Ten passengers were hospitalised after using the high-class hot tubs.

'Her legacy': Auckland mum dies as cancer drug is funded

Adrienne Smithson spent her last months fighting for wider access to the medication.

'Like the Sahara': Dust storm at new Napier subdivision not cyclone silt, council says

About 92,000 cubic metres of silt from Cyclone Gabrielle has been transported to the site.

Lia Romeo: Life after breast cancer can never be the same

OPINION: Survivors told me the most difficult part would come after treatment was over.

$20K support for BoP kidney patients

Kidney disease can affect anyone, of any background, age or ethnicity.

Former MTV host says her breast cancer has progressed to stage four

Ananda Lewis shared details of her experience navigating treatment for breast cancer.

'I was afraid I'd murder my daughter’: Kiwis reveal what's really like to have OCD

Many sufferers can go undiagnosed for years and treatment in NZ is limited.

How Miranda Hart’s comeback fell flat

The 51-year-old star has just released her memoir I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You.