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Kiwi leads ground-breaking op

It took months of planning, a nine-hour surgery and a team of 35 clinicians. But by the end, they had completed a ground-breaking double arm transplant on a quadruple amputee.

Cost to develop a new drug more than doubles

It costs drugmakers US$2.56 billion to bring a new medicine to market - more than double the price of 11 years ago.

Cannabis extracts can slow growth of tumors

Ebola-infected doctor may leave Sierra Leone for treatment in US

A doctor from Sierra Leone with United States residency infected with Ebola may travel to the US to be treated for the deadly virus, medical officials say.

Not welcome at controversial seminar

A man who tried to attend a $646 seminar held by a church offering a controversial cure for Ebola says he was turned away for offering a smaller donation.

Crack Ebola team in race to find cure

Scientists from one of the world's leading institutes of tropical medicine, which first discovered the Ebola virus in the 1970s, flew out to Guinea yesterday to begin ground-breaking research into a possible cure.

Bill to ban Ebola 'cure' before Parliament

Warning over 'miracle' cure

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.

Gotcha! Film doses tabloid editors with own medicine

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.

Overdose contributed to hospice patient's death - coroner

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.

Man coughs up blood after pharmacist's error

Paracetamol risk for mums-to-be

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

Startup driving cystic fibrosis drug to market

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.

Hackers' 12-hour assault on NZ medical database

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

Ashya King: Inside the Czech Proton Therapy Centre

Women told: Read your medical reports

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.

Implant best hearing hope

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.

Expensive and cheap pain pills much the same

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.