Children's tantrums, hoarding and skin picking - psychiatrists will soon be looking at these and more in a new light when their official what's what of mental disorders gets a makeover in May.

A chemical additive to soften bottle-fed babies' stools - emulating those of breast-fed infants - is being considered by Food Standards.

Paying it forward - a popular expression for extending generosity to others after someone has been generous to you.

As soon as she took a bite of the fish caught and prepared for her by some Fijian locals, Amanda Austrin knew something was wrong.

A New Zealand woman has spent more than 30 weeks in hospital and cannot eat properly after she was poisoned while eating fish during a dream holiday in Fiji.

I lost my virginity in my second year at university. Freak eh? It makes me quite the deviant in today's sexy-and-you-know-it world.

Laser energy has begun to supplant the surgeon's scalpel in New Zealand during operations to replace cloudy lenses in the eyes - cataracts.

Grant helps Auckland scientist to dig deeper into complex disorder.

US researchers analysed bacteria found in the belly buttons of 60 participants as part of a nation-wide project.

New Zealand sleep experts have expressed scepticism over overseas research linking sleeping positions to how we're feeling.

NZ scientists say view of androids as closer to humans than objects will help as they become part of daily life.

Scientists have succeeded in making sperm from human skin, giving infertile men a shot at fathering children that are genetically their own.