Latest from Medicine

Alarm at soaring use of 'happy pills'

Drug offers hope for spinal cord patients

Feeling sick? Head to a vending machine

General medicines can now sit alongside snacks in vending machines after regulation changes came into effect yesterday.

All pain, no gain for hip patients

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.

Brain cells from skin an 'astounding' step

'Lazarus pill' revives stroke victim

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

Nutritionists salute Michelle Obama's burger

Gene technique to stretch diseased arteries gives hope for heart health

Knowledge bank for bright ideas

NZ deaths lead to new drug - 40 years later

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.

Would-be mums use reiki

Doctor campaigned to let terminally ill get help to die

Drug hope for aggressive breast cancer

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

Med-tech sector gets Apec backing

Store medicines carefully - experts

Breasts getting quick Botox lift