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Critics say South Auckland women being denied treatment for gynaecological problems like incontinence and endometriosis is 'deplorable'. Audio

Optimists are more likely to live longer than those who have a more negative approach to life, a US study has found.

Yesterday smoking researcher Marewa Glover told MPs that children could heal from exposure to smoking in cars. But perhaps most controversial is the source of $1.5m of her research funding - tobacco… Audio

The tobacco giant tried to gain access to an Auckland poverty group as well as a South Auckland DHB in a bid to get its new tobacco products marketed to poor people.

An advocacy group for Māori says its elderly are forgotten New Zealanders and it wants policy makers to do more for them.

Analysis - All sports have their highs and lows and for two riders from Wellington, the unforgiving Isle of Man TT circuit showed on Sunday that in motorsport, the opposite of triumph is tragedy in…

In today's sports news - Kiwi battler wins Lightweight Classic TT, third quarter costly for Tall Blacks, and Noeline Taurua's Sunshine Coast Lightning win minor premiership

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has received treatment for a cancerous tumour on her pancreas, a court spokeswoman says.

Australia's former Nationals leader and deputy prime minister Tim Fischer has died at the age of 73 from an acute form of leukaemia.

The father of a child living with cystic fibrosis is shining the light on the need for expensive medicines targeting rare diseases to be government funded.

A public health academic has told the Health Select Committee plans to fine parents for smoking in a car with children will be a waste of time and won't protect children.

Doctors are reluctant to refer potential bowel cancer patients to the trouble-plagued Dunedin Hospital gastroenterology department in fear a colonoscopy request will be declined, a local GP says.

The Detail - Heartbreaking stories of cancer sufferers who need expensive and unfunded drugs are sometimes helped into the spotlight by drug companies that will also benefit.

Heartbreaking stories of cancer sufferers who need expensive and unfunded drugs abound. But some of those stories are helped into the spotlight by the drug companies that will also benefit. 

In today's sports news - Controversial cricketer back for Black Caps and former manager of All Blacks star Jonah Lomu outraged over mini series.

Otago, Massey and Victoria universities are joining forces on cancer research, focusing on prevention and support and inequities between Māori and non-Māori. Audio

US Actor Peter Fonda, who became a counterculture icon when he co- wrote, produced and starred in the 1969 movie "Easy Rider," has died at his home in Los Angeles at 79.