A common blood-thinning drug is being recalled after a manufacturing blunder that could cause thousands of NZers to accidentally overdose.

A mother who pretended that her son was terminally ill for six years to get special treatment and benefits has been jailed.

Public access to a widely-used class of painkillers containing codeine is likely to be restricted within months over addiction fears.

The day when patients can "swallow their doctor" has come a step closer with the development of a submicroscopic nanoparticle that acts as an intelligent pill.

Plans to make it easier for NZ doctors to work wherever they like in Australia are predicted to worsen this country's medical workforce crisis.

More Kiwis are using the internet for medical advice, but doctors say self-diagnosis often causes people to worry needlessly.

A promised Government crackdown on the main ingredient in the drug P is likely to be at least a year away.

A doctor who severed an artery in a boy's penis during circumcision may face disciplinary action.

Natalya Skelton went blind in one eye when she was 3 after suffering a severe complication from a virus.

Ground-breaking research into improving the condition of kidneys for transplantation has earned a young NZ doctor a top scholarship.

Auckland medical devices company Nexus6 has gained American Food and Drug Administration approval for its asthma inhaler.

Hospital falls caused more than a quarter of the major "adverse events" listed by DHBs in their latest report on potentially preventable healthcare harm.