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Kiwi parents of babies with heart defects interviewed in ground-breaking research
What's it like to discover your unborn baby has a major heart condition?

Kiwis suffering from common lung disease to benefit from newly funded medicine
Around 15,000 New Zealanders currently suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The risks and side effects of weight-loss jabs (and they’re not all bad)
Drugs like Ozempic are getting so much hype. What are the negative and positive effects?

Does anxiety make your heart race? Try these simple tricks to find calm
A fast heart rate can be caused by a number of things. Here's how you can manage it.

'Huge shock': Baby due in October already has 3 open heart surgeries planned
A scan at 20 weeks revealed a heart defect that will require surgery a week after birth.

Cardiac 'crisis' in hospitals, plea for Pharmac to cover heart failure drugs
Heart drugs that add more than eight years of additional life aren't funded.

Eugene Tuhaka back to good fitness after nearly dying from cardiac arrest
Eugene is speaking out to raise awareness of heart health, including the danger signs that led up to his collapse while playing touch rugby. Video / Supplied

The heart health risks for midlife women – and how to beat them
Research reveals menopausal women could be at risk of cardiovascular illness.

Can intermittent fasting kill you?
A new study suggests the biggest trend in dieting might actually do more harm than good.

Exclusive: The surprising rugby position most likely to be affected by brain disease
A world-leading study has, for the first time, linked brain disease with NZ rugby players.

'Emergency': How getting strep throat led to three open-heart surgeries
'I wouldn’t want anyone to go through it'.

'I talk to him every day': Woman speaks about losing her partner of almost 30 years
Jean's partner, Bruce, died in 2022 after almost a decade of living with heart disease.

How a teen saved his granddad's life after a heart attack – and the app that could save your loved one
What was done to save Stuart Jones' life could lift falling cardiac arrest survival rates.

Exclusive: Memo reveals crisis facing hospital ICU
The Herald has obtained a memo indicating the tertiary status of the ICU was at stake.

10,000 deaths a year: How NZ could be treating heart health better
Cardiovascular diseases kill thousands every year - and many of them are preventable.

Gruelling five weeks: Man's long wait for triple-bypass surgery in Waikato Hospital
'Does not hold you in good stead before a major operation'.

Lottery winner’s big plans
Heart lottery brings heartwarming stories & funds vital research.