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.

An Australian woman has been successful in her legal bid to secure her dead partner's sperm so she can have his child.

Why alcohol makes you feel warm - and other strange effects it has on the brain.

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.

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

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

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.

British TV chef Jamie Oliver is taking his food campaign to the Olympics in a bid to ban McDonald's and Coca-cola from sponsoring the event unless they meet nutritional and ethical standards.

After tipping the scales at 169kg, the Aucklander decided to make some big changes.

Experts have warned this faddy food advice is not only unfounded - it may actually be dangerous.

Researchers are planning to use images of women's own unborn babies to warn them against the dangers of smoking during pregnancy.

If you suffer from allergies, the month you were born in may have something to do with it - but scientists can't pinpoint why.

An obese Melbourne woman has shed 40kg thanks to selfies.

Do you want to be in the best shape of your life, despite your age? Dani Wright talks to Les Mills' head of fitness about keeping fit after 50

Is what we know about healthy eating all wrong?

Orion Health is targeting a return to profit in 2018 after reporting a 26 per cent increase in annual revenue.

The hills of Dairy Flat are alive with the sounds of music whenever James Wong, 7, and music therapist May Clulee get together.

The potato researchers are clear: they're not saying eating potatoes causes high blood pressure.