Developing a sudden liking for slapstick comedy could herald the onset of dementia up to nine years before the illness is diagnosed.

Eighty-two-year-old woman's four-hour flight turned into 14-hour nightmare.

With its rise in popularity, a team of researchers have set out to review binge-watching's effects.

My fellow columnist, broadcaster Jack Tame, says of children these days: we are "breeding them too soft".

Jaxon Kemp Bellve will blow out the candles on his 5th birthday cake on Thursday - a milestone his parents feared he would never celebrate.

Twitter users think so.

As the middle-aged are advised to get more sleep, trend forecaster and chronic insomniac Jane Kellock, 53, describes how she'd like nothing more.

Heartbreaking message posted to Facebook a plea to help fix society for trans people.

One in five partners of Kiwi military and emergency workers could be suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome, a new study shows.

Your job may be causing more stress than your boss's. Here's why.

A 30-year-long study reveals a pretty major reason to keep smiling.

Comedienne Sarah Silverman has opened up about her battle with depression, revealing she has been living with the disease since she was a teenager.

Young man held hands with a man with cerebral palsy on a crowded bus.

The model-turned-actress said that she wanted "the world to swallow me up" during her school years.

A new study published this week challenges that notion and puts forth a theory that the 'high' feeling joggers experience can be known as a 'self-produced marijuana'.

What if curing insomnia was as simple as talking to someone about it?

A good sex life is meant to make you happy. But nearly half of women find themselves feeling sad or tearful after making love, a study claims.

A blood test that can screen an unborn child for all known genetic abnormalities is to be offered to pregnant women by a private British clinic from next week.

An elderly woman with dementia was given four times her proper dose of antipsychotic medication for nine days before anyone noticed the error.

A new study recommends the alternative treatment, writes Ruth Wood.

When was the last time you had a good cry? Research suggests bottling up emotions could be harmful to mental health.

There was a good question in the Herald editorial yesterday about the National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA), amongst a fair bit of confusion and misinformation.

Ruby Wax was at the height of her fame when she was stopped in her tracks by a poster at a London Underground station that "outed" her.

A young woman was badly burned and feared she may never have children after a horrifying medical blunder - and then offered a $50 fuel voucher by way of apology.

There's been emerging evidence showing that a healthy diet can reduce the risk of depression and cognitive decline.

In 2003, Simonne Butler's hands were severed with a samurai sword by her then-partner, Antoine Dixon. She talks to NZME about a new awareness campaign.

Trichotillomania is a body-focused disorder characterised by the compulsion to pull out your hair. If you love a Trich sufferer, it can be frustrating.

A multimillion-dollar scheme to get beneficiaries with mental health conditions and sole parents back to work appears to have flopped.