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Struggling to get up after sitting, the Queen is reportedly refusing surgery.

Jess Davenport-Lee, 24, was born with six heart defects and is now waiting for a liver and heart transplant. Facebook / Jess Davenport-Lee, 24, was born with six heart defects and is now waiting for a liver and heart transplant.

Charlie Goldsmith has been called a fraud, but Angela Cox can't explain what she saw.

AUT has signed a deal with a medical cannabis start-up ahead of a law change.

The six-year legal battle has come to an end in the Supreme Court.

The 81-year old biotech consultant says dementia is the world's greatest medical problem.

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Sexual harassment is rife in the medical profession, female doctors and union say.

The number of stroke sufferers could increase by 40 per cent in just the next decade.

New Zealand's first woman doctor was struck off in Britain.

Taking everyday drugs on holiday could land travellers in a foreign prison.

Rural GPs say healthcare in regions is affected heavily during peak tourist season.

Batches of a medicine used to help babies pass wind have been taken off shelves.

Once valued at $14.3b, Holmes' company was a house of cards built on secrecy and lies.

A mother trying to care for her sick child was distraught after he sat on a thermometer.

Statistics show more and more Māori and Pasifika students training to become doctors.

A family finally has access to legal, medical cannabis. But the costs are crippling.

Renowned chemist humbled to be joining a fellowship that includes her childhood heroes.

For years Kendra Jackson thought her runny nose and headaches were due to allergies.

An overwhelming majority of doctors are confident in childhood immunisation, study finds.

We may be facing a bad winter for flu viruses and growing asthma problems.

Mums of kids with disabilities caused by exposure to epilepsy drug in utero want answers.

We find out the word on the street about whether looking up your symptoms on internet search engines is a good idea.

Rise in misinformed patients demanding treatments that don't work has GPs worried.

High-risk genetic mutation made famous by Angelina Jolie focus of major NZ cancer study.

Holly was a bubbly little girl, until she developed a condition similar to Alzheimer's.

Nurses say a "safe environment for both patients and nurses" at the top of their agenda.

With a prescription and the right contacts, Baden Ngan Kee bought himself an extra year.

Can you guess which body parts you could lose and still live a relatively normal life?