A controversial healing group that claims to have a cure for Ebola is coming to NZ this weekend to promote a bleach-based solution that could be potentially fatal.

Senior British tabloid editors are shown naked, embarrassed and scuttling for cover in a new documentary targeting them with the kind of treatment usually dished out by their own newspapers.

For the first time in seven years, Jessika Guest feels like she is getting to know her daughter Jade.

New drugs and medical procedures undergo careful scrutiny before being foisted on the public. Nobody wants another Thalidomide disaster.

Thousands of New Zealand multiple sclerosis sufferers will gain a greater sense of normality with the funding of two revolutionary drug treatments from tomorrow.

A repeat drink driver has travelled overseas to have an anti-booze drug implanted in his arm - and this week his lawyer will argue the radical move should keep him out of jail.

The World Health Organisation bungled efforts to halt the spread of Ebola in West Africa, an internal report revealed Friday.

A Christchurch hospice has been told to review its practices after a coroner found a patient in its care was administered the wrong dosage of a pain relief drug and died four hours later.

Taking paracetamol while pregnant increases the risk of behavioural problems in school-age children, according to new NZ research.

Andrea Miller is used to facing tough situations. As a senior army officer for 22 years, she's faced all sorts of challenges, including a UN peacekeeping tour to East Timor.

Police are investigating after attempts were allegedly made to hack a nationwide patient database.

A breast cancer lobby group is urging women to read their own medical files and talk to their GP, after a doctor forgot to tell a woman she had cancer.

Louis Cheftel was born prematurely with severe to profound deafness in one ear and is likely to be the first child in the country to have a cochlear implant for single-sided deafness.

Some medications marketed to target back or period pain, or specific cold and flu symptoms, contain the same ingredients as pills sold for standard pain relief.

Cerise Lawn says pregnant women must speak up when things don’t look right, after signs of distress were overlooked and her baby was left struggling with disabilities.

A boy who was born without ears has had a pair created from his own ribs.

When Sam Hazledine did a drunken backflip off a two-metre-high wall and ended up in a coma with a head injury, it was a wake-up call.

If you're in a hurry to meet your maker, a religious pilgrimage may be the most direct route.

Scientists are searching in an unlikely place for the next big breakthrough - New Zealand's postcard hot springs.

Thousands of Kiwis are ordering medicine online to save money, but experts warn doing so could be dangerous.

One baby has died and 14 others are fighting for their lives after being poisoned in NHS neonatal care units in the UK.

Personal medical records - including prescription history, laboratory results and personal details - will soon be made available online to patients and their health care professionals.

Antibiotic use needs to be curbed if there is to be a slowdown in the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria, new research says.

Nearly 250 packages of medications that were investigated when they crossed the country's borders, have prompted Medsafe to warn about the dangers of ordering medicine online.

Obesity might be a risk factor for gout, but new research has suggested that being overweight doesn't make the condition any worse.