An artificial joint touted as the best on the market has turned into an international medical disaster. The Weekend Herald investigates why no one here saw it coming.

The story of a stroke victim who revives for a short time after being given a sleeping pill has baffled medical experts.

A respected scientific group has recommended not using paracetamol to reduce flu-related fever.

An American doctor has finally produced a drug which offers a solution to the problems which killed patients in several New Zealand hospitals 40 years ago.

A new Australian discovery could lead to the first ever drug treatment for people battling the most aggressive form of breast cancer.

New Zealand patients have become the world's first to have a leg-stretching treatment that is controlled by external magnets.

Coach Graham Henry doesn't like seeing the All Blacks doctor's number come up on his phone.

A vitamin pill available for a few pence in any local chemist's shop may have a bigger impact in extending the survival of cancer patients than drugs costing tens of thousands of pounds, says a leading cancer specialist.

Scientists have been able to convert skin cells into liver cells, a breakthrough that could one day eliminate the need for organ transplants.

Shonda Rhimes, who created US tv's biggest medical dramas, talks to Jacqueline Smith about the shows and what's next.