Polly Gillespie shares her daughter Katherine's reaction as a young adult watching her parents break up.

It's that time of year when hay fever sufferers' symptoms flare up. Here's how to keep the allergies under control.

Liane Kupferberg Carter and her husband Marc can hear clearly again.

Studies show older generation are more likely to drink too much and smoke marijuana.

Scientists have found a protein that can stop the immune system triggering early labour, which is believed to happen in response to infection.

A nutritionist reveals the foods so lacking in positive nutritional attributes that they are best avoided entirely.

Parcels and envelopes for Bradley flooded in after a social media campaign was launched to make the football-loving youngster's Christmas a special one.

All he wanted to do was sleep and dream about his next KFC meal. Until he decided to make a change.

Health chiefs said 'self-isolation' would stop the spread of illness and keep the pressure off casualty units.

Here are some pre-Christmas detox tips to make sure you don't pile on the kilos over the silly season.

Kiwi parents desperate to gain respite from sleepless crying little are increasingly turning to baby whisperers for a magical solution.

A once obese mum has turned her life around by losing 67kg, leaving her ex who bullied her over of her weight, and finding new love.

There's no other word for Margaret Marwood than 'amazing'. Last week she turned 106 and this week she will celebrate her 107th Christmas. When

According to Lee-Anne Waan, your weight loss woes may be due to those seemingly innocent little bites you're snacking on between meals.

I often get asked "How do I cope with Christmas", which is weird, because it's the most wonderful time of the year apparently. But

Medicinal plants have been used throughout history to heal the sick.

A new study has revealed that this fiery beverage contains more sugar than any other fizzy drink - including Coca-Cola.

Five years ago, Kane Patterson was homeless, taking drugs every day and eating out of bins. Incredibly, he turned it all around.

A mother humiliated over her children's bad behaviour by a fellow supermarket shopper has posted a heartbreaking open letter on Facebook.

Retraining the brain to beat stress is the key to losing weight and keeping it off, a leading Australian neuroscientist says.

2016 - what a year it has been! We said goodbye to Bowie, Prince and Ali. We said hello to Auckland's Real Housewives, Brexit and

COMMENT: In midst of all the crud, here are a few fluorescent-lit, hand-wavy things that I learnt this year.

Visiting the sauna regularly could reduce the risk of dementia, a new study has found.

A personal struggle has inspired a Kiwi to launch NZ's first online directory of funeral providers, including where to find Lego coffins and pet funerals.

In 1967, say, when my parents turned 21, not many people were on special diets.

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie's decision to publicise her double mastectomy following breast cancer gene testing has led to a sharp rise in genetic testing.

What's on your bucket list? Kim Knight meets Eva McGauley, the terminally ill teenager who is devoting the rest of her life to the victims of sexual assault.

Is that you, Jonah? The Golden Globe-nominated War Dogs star has flaunted his dramatic weight loss while out in Los Angeles.

Lee-Anne Wann shares 10 top tips to avoid a health and fitness blow out this Christmas.

A man knew he was about to pass and had one last dying wish. Against all odds, the hospital's staff decided to make it happen.