Cancer
Cancer cure or fools gold?
A Taranaki farmer is selling a mixture of water, salt and chlorine as a cancer cure. Chemist Nick Kim tells us about the concoction. Audio
Cancer screening programme more limited than hoped
The Health Ministry is strongly defending a decision that means people in their 50s must keep waiting to be screened for a bowel cancer, a major killer. Audio
NZ-China cancer research joint venture unveiled
New Zealanders are being promised early access to clinical trials for a ground-breaking new method of destroying cancer.
Deal with China brings new cancer treatment to NZ
New Zealanders are being promised early access to clinical trials for immunotherapy, an approach that's sweeping the world with drugs like Keytruda and Opdivo, which were funded in NZ last year. Audio
DNA 'mistakes' cause most cancers: study
New research has found most cancers are caused by unpredictable defects that occur when cells divide.
Rebecca Swan -The Exquisite Wound
Wallace talks to artist, Rebecca Swan, about her exhibition, The Exquisite Wound which transforms dead animals into works of art. Audio
Science news: testing for autism and a new treatment for tumours
Dr Chris Smith looks at a blood test for autism that can pick up biochemical markers that are significantly altered in autistic patients; and testing underway on a new approach to treating brain… Audio
Woman died after cancer diagnosis missed
A woman who died of cancer was not told she had the disease until it was too late to save her, a report has found.
Clinical trials: Should patients be better protected?
What are the protections for people who sign up for clinical trials? Why don't people who take part in commercially funded trials have an automatic right to compensation? If we bring in more - what… Audio
Prostate cancer scan 'huge leap' in detection - doctors
New scanning equipment is the biggest leap in diagnosing prostate cancer "in decades", say doctors and campaigners.
Terminally ill patients need relationships with carers - health advocate
Outspoken - A leading patient advocate, who has pancreatic cancer, is calling for more continuity of the carers who help those with a terminal illness. Audio
Healthy Skin
There'll be slipping, slopping and slapping on hats around the country at the moment, that's a safety slogan that's lasted over decades. But these days we know even this isn't it enough to protect us… Audio
Breast implant cancer more common than previously thought
A rare type of cancer linked to breast implants is much more common than previously thought, Australian health authorities say.
Science news: pandas in peril & detecting prostate cancer
Some regions earmarked for panda conservation are too small to sustain them and clinical trials on a new biomarker for finding and eliminating prostate cancer begin next year. Audio
Breast cancer funding
The Breast Cancer Foundation says Pharmac is "heartless" for excluding women who've already been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer from its latest funding scheme. Audio
Kode Paint and Killing Cancer
Your body is filled with 37 trillion cells and 40 trillion bacteria, and a whole load of viruses as well. Biological Engineer Steve Henry of AUT has created a coating that changes the appearance of… Video, Audio
DHBs falling short on cancer treatment target
Just one district health board is meeting the government's faster cancer treatment target.
Beating an unbeatable cancer
Diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer - former Waikato univeristy Professor Russell Bishop became just the 6th person in the world to trail a new chemotherapy approach - he and his wife, food… Audio
Pack of cigarettes a day causes 150 DNA mutations
Scientists have found that smoking a pack a day of cigarettes can cause 150 damaging changes to a smoker's lung cells each year.
Northland women waiting 4 months for gynaecology cancer treatment
Nearly two-thirds of Northland gynaecological cancer patients are not being treated within the recommended time, a new report has found.
