Health

Three New Zealanders are developing dementia every hour, according to alarming new research from Auckland University.

One popular online retailer recently suspended sales of melatonin to Australia, after reports of a jump in calls to the WA Poisons Information Centre about children taking melatonin.

Robust studies are "very clear" there is no link between its use during pregnancy and autism in children, the college says.

Blood cancer patients waiting for stem cell treatments are being given extra chemotherapy and some are dying when that no longer works, a specialist says. Audio

It's the first time the not-for-profit has run an eight-day course for people aged 60 and over.

Retired Scottish nurse Joy Milne was asked to smell 12 shirts - half of which were from people with diagnosed Parkinson's. She stunned the scientists.

A pointed message in Simeon Brown's electorate office window has been covered with placards, as senior doctors lament the lack of New Zealand-trained doctors opting to stay here. Audio

Health NZ has been ordered to rewrite a report into the death, outlining what happened and what changes have resulted.

Explainer - Donald Trump claims paracetamol causes autism, while the US has also made cuts to vaccine access and research. What could it all mean for NZ? Audio

A hospital staff member told the Ombudsman child safety checks for contractors had not been carried out for some years at the hospital where they worked.