Think you'll be healthier if you ditch dairy? A new study reveals you may actually be putting yourself at risk by eliminating the food group.

Lizzie Marvelly is right; every woman should be able to make her own choices.

June is Men's Health Month, and this year's theme is simple: start talking.

Ever wanted to play games while you go for that evening run? Now you can.

Landlords will need to take action to insulate and install smoke alarms in certain rentals after a law change.

Running has a complicated history. But it's becoming the most popular forms of exercise around. Here's why.

Men tend to suffer more severe flu symptoms than women, and it could be due to antiviral properties in the female hormone, oestrogen.

Tax on tobacco will be hiked and Government will forge ahead with plain packaging but the jury is still out on the role of e-cigarettes.

Herald reporter Gemma Hartley tried to give up smoking for International Smoke-Free Day. She kept a diary of her six-week struggle.

Studies reveal your environment is impacting your eating habits in weird and wonderful ways that you aren't aware of.

Reports are trumpeting the results of a US government study that links cellphones to tumour growth. But should we believe them?

If you are feeling overwhelmed and in danger of dropping a ball or two, stop and prioritise the balls you have in the air.

Most bacteria are beneficial for our health, however there are some that are harmful.

The nasty Facebook post, with an image taken behind the woman's back, attracted a wave of criticism online.

The most recent statistics put New Zealand's suicide rate at about 11 people a week, almost 570 in a full year.

The FDA has announced changes to nutrition information on food labels in the US.

Health experts are worried that bacteria resistant to antibiotics could lead to superbugs that could cause untreatable infections.

Disgraced blogger Belle Gibson could be forced to publicly apologise for claiming to have cured her terminal cancer with healthy food and natural therapies.

For the first time, researchers have found a person in the United States carrying bacteria resistant to antibiotics of last resort.

Elspeth Muir examines the culture of binge-drinking that she, too, fell into and the deeper issues it may conceal.

A million selfies are taken every day but psychologists warn the 'cult of me' has grave consequences.

As research has found that wearable health devices are actually only 40-80 per cent accurate.

COMMENT: Pregnancy doesn't discriminate between the prepared and the utterly unsuspecting. It just happens. And thus, so does abortion.

Dubbed the Millennial Meltdown - it's a very easy trap to fall into.

Legislation to hike the price of cigarettes to about $30 a pack by 2020 has passed with support from all parties except New Zealand First.

Bowel cancer survivor Peter Krijger is relieved that NZ will at last get a national screening programme to detect the disease at its earlier stages.

We often worry about the future for girls, but it's boys who are locked in a crisis that's been building for a decade.

A national bowel screening programme will be rolled out after today's Budget set aside $39.3 million over four years.

An extra $2.2 billion will be pumped into health over four years to help cope with an ageing population and record immigration.