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Study may be a breakthrough for women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
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Cutting edge tech promises orthotics users a chance to walk pain free - but at a cost.
Bullying problem - 'Nurses eat their young'
They're belittled, humiliated and pushed to their limits. Mava Enoka reports.
Mum's C-section misery: 'I exploded on the inside'
Nicole Kildare says short-staffing at Tauranga Hospital over Christmas nearly killed her.
EDs asked to join screening effort for dodgy new drugs
EDs seeing new wave of ultra-potent synthetic drugs are being invited to join new effort.
Top uni library cuts 45 jobs, more to come
Music school and library cuts foreshadow more job losses as varsity trims costs.
Low blood sugar levels - we've been treating it wrong
New Zealand researchers have found a better way to treat hypoglycaemia.
Jury out on Viagra benefits for babies
The drug shows promise for babies whose growth is stunted due to issues with the placenta.
Woman died after rest home bedsores became infected
Woman died after infected bedsore were not properly treated in rest home.
Food companies ranked on commitment to fighting obesity
Study finds good progress is being made but more can be done to reduce salt and sugar.
Ethnicity a factor in baby heart defects
Maori, Pacific Island babies with a rare heart defect are less likely to survive.
Buddy bots help patients with lung disease
Robots have again proved faithful companions to patients managing their health at home.
Four years of hell after appendectomy goes wrong
Emma Penney has been left with PTSD and depression after her appendectomy went wrong.
'I can't wait': Crohn's sufferer, 13, fighting for toilet access
IBD sufferers want businesses required by law to let them use the bathroom.
Fijian women's reproductive health worse in NZ
Language and cultural barriers see Fijian women getting less access to health services.
Kiwi start-up aims to help snorers
Snoring is the bane of many lives. A start-up company has got to grips with it.
Family's $2m gift to Auckland University
The late philanthropist's daughter set up the new charitable trust in May last year.
Focus: What happens when a melanoma check-up ends with the C-word
New Zealand has the worst skin cancer rates in the world and you never know who's affected until you get a skin check.
Mum's stored embryos destroyed at fertility clinic
Fertility Center's storage tank in Cleveland malfunctioned, thawing the embryos and eggs.
Insurance battle: Widow fights for payout
A brain tumour stopped him paying life insurance, his wife says - then it killed him.
Research finds ibuprofen link in male infertility
The research suggests ibuprofens "may be" involved in adult male reproductive problems.
Why has the number of emergency caesareans suddenly spiked?
DHBs in Auckland have seen a spike in emergency C-sections but it's not clear why.
NZ hospitals just had their busiest month ever. Now they're bracing for deadly flu
Perfect storm is almost here for our overloaded hospitals.
Using own tissue in breast reconstruction less risky
Women who use their own tissue in breast reconstruction have fewer post-op complications.
Weird Science: Embrace your weirdness - we are all different
There's nothing wrong with being a little weird, scientists say.
Chin up: Injection promises to destroy fat cells
The injectable acid "burst[s] fat cells like little balloons".
Shelf-stacker tops the world in physics
Top student's advice: stop procrastinating, understand things and get to bed early!
Kiwi doctors 'angry, in tears' after exam bungle
127 NZ doctors must resit the career-defining exam, with no word on who will pay.
Plea for NZ to help save babies in Pacific
In New Zealand, 3 babies out of 1000 die in the first month. In Kiribati it's 23.
Home abortions safest, MPs told
Abortion committee urges politicians to update "archaic" law.
DHB under fire from doctors over staffing
Waikato Hospital's plastic surgery department is critically understaffed, say doctors.
Corpses on show: Gruesome or educational?
Curious about cadavers? April is your chance to see them up close.
Call for government to fund third MMR jab
New Zealand is in the grip of the worst mumps outbreak in decades