Health experts have warned New Zealanders battling cancer against relying on expensive, unproven treatments at offshore clinics.

A young woman claims she nearly died after using dodgy fake tan.

A picture of a woman's face, swollen from an allergic reaction, has caught the internet's attention.

Natural remedies are a great way to keep you in the game.

COMMENT: It's men's health month, time to turn our attention to the not-so-great health statistics of our menfolk.

A central Queensland teenager has been moved to tears after almost 50,000 people came out in support of her online petition against relentless bullying.

Look away, junk food fans.

From a size 22 to a 10 in less than a year.

The first nine years of Jurnee's life have been tough but all that could change.

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Parents of a 9-year-old boy have been threatened with prosecution unless they send him to a special boarding school 300km from their home.

A Canadian woman says her newly defined derriere is the result of following the workouts of an Instagram fitness star.

Got that after-dinner food baby? Here's how to keep it at bay.

Experts have revealed four tell-tale signs that could indicate a person is telling porkies.

Photos have revealed the squalid conditions in which an autistic man is being kept "like a caged animal" at a disability care unit in the Waikato.

The last time 11-year-old Auckland schoolboy Harris Barfoot saw his friend James Slyfield they were both in Starship hospital battling leukaemia.

Richard Edwards and Janet Hoek suggest the next targets in the campaign against smoking should be dairies and other outlets selling tobacco products.

Health and fitness website Greatist.com tested hundreds of health and fitness apps to come up with its list of the best of 2016.

You could be forgiven for thinking it's a compost bath - but wallowing in steaming sawdust and fermented plant enzymes is the latest therapy to hit NZ.

Almost two years on from taking the first step towards health, Simone spoke to the Herald about setting goals, staying active, and the new man in her life.

Every year my boyfriend comes down with bad man-flu. How can I help him stave off the sickness this year?

It was the most expensive cold I've ever had. It might also prove to be the most auspicious.

Low-fat diets and exercise are pointless for those wanting to lose weight and obese people should simply eat less, a leading surgeon has said.

Loneliness can strike at any age and stage. Kim Knight examines the condition that affects more than one million New Zealanders.

She was told to terminate her pregnancy because her baby had Down Syndrome. But keeping her was the best thing this woman ever did.

OPINION: Health and fitness expert Lee-Anne Wann reveals why stomach fat is so hard to lose, and shares her top tips for combating it.

Daughter's death after reportedly kissing her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter sandwich.

New Zealand Health Survey showing that 31 per cent of our adults are obese and a further 35 per cent overweight.

Driving can give you a spare tyre and leave you more vulnerable to heart attacks and strokes, say researchers.

Richard McGhee fought cancer and won. But what happened next left his family scared and confused.