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Editorial: Basing healthcare on need is right, but equity also needs urgent attention

OPINION: Inequities for Māori and Pasifika will not go away.

GPs say specialist shortages at Whanganui Hospital adding to strain

"These shortages are having a tangible impact on patient care."

The truth about ‘man flu’

New York Times: Experts reveal biological reasons for men's 'man flu' overreactions.

Some women get pregnant even after having their tubes tied, study finds

A study found tubal sterilisation less effective than previously thought.

Addiction debate: Is it a disease or a choice? Experts weigh in

New York Times: Should addiction be reclassified as a chronic brain disease?

What is 'traptox'? The surprising cure for tech neck sufferers

Doctors report a rise in patients seeking the unconventional 'tech neck' treatment.

Demi Moore gives Bruce Willis health update

Willis was diagnosed with aphasia and later frontotemporal dementia.

Catheter unchanged for four months: Patient suffers life-threatening complications

The home care company, Nurse Maude, has been told to apologise and make changes.

One last ride: The race to reunite a dying man and his beloved bike

The bike on which Rob Appleton rode the length of the country for charity has been stolen.

New research: How screentime can damage our kids

We often use screens as 'electronic babysitters' but it comes with a range of risks.

'Where's my baby?': Woman who had miscarriage in ED toilet never got to meet her son

Kiwi mums share their stories of how the current system only made things worse.

Eating for longevity: Key dietary habits for a healthier life

New York Times: Certain dietary patterns are more associated with longer lives.

The Kiwi millionaire couple giving wealth away

'The more you give, the more will come back to you,' says Ranjna Patel.

Pharmacy blunder: Mother in shock after her 2-year-old's close call

She almost gave her child five times more liquid steroid than prescribed.

$100,000 cancer fight: 'My 21yo was trying to get loans to keep his dad alive’

Givealittle set up to help fund terminally ill Jason Hooker's cancer treatment.

Brave Daisy Nicholl chats and plays despite missing a third of her skull

Three-year-old Daisy Nicholl had the missing part of her skull replaced this week. Video / Supplied

Kiwi parents of babies with heart defects interviewed in ground-breaking research

What's it like to discover your unborn baby has a major heart condition?

‘Those who come out the other side of a cancer battle are not survivors – they’re warriors, as are those who didn’t make it’

Mum invented a novel number plate to help raise money towards fighting cancer