The family of a Rotorua man who died suddenly last year have hit out at what they believe are "systemic failures" in the health system

Rotary is more than just a group that puts up park benches and runs sausages sizzles outside local hardware shops. Rotary's humanitarian

Weight-loss surgery is an effective option for obese patients with type-2 diabetes, a New Zealand study has found.

New findings are being described as a "paradigm shift" in the understanding of diabetes.

More than a million New Zealanders are thought to have prediabetes and one in four Kiwis don't even know we're at risk.

New Zealanders are being urged to "stop turning a blind eye" to what's been described as the fastest-growing health crisis the country faces - diabetes.

Broadcast journalist Paul Hobbs hasn't let his Type 1 Diabetes stop him covering stories around the world, including in war zones and at the Olympics.

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs are on the rise and we're being urged to forgo antibiotics wherever possible to limit their spread.

Patients in New Zealand have become the first in the world to receive an experimental treatment for type 2 diabetes.

Being fat is a disability, EU judges have ruled, meaning that European companies must offer obese staff bigger chairs, special parking spaces and a lighter workload.

Matt Chamberlain, and Cameron Jones will join the 1600 entrants in the popular 2.9km Auckland Harbour crossing.

A cure for diabetes is a step closer after scientists found what they believe is the root cause of the disease.

When Vicki Parry's highly trained Siberian husky nudges forcefully into her leg, she knows it's time to do a diabetes test of her blood-sugar level.

A couch potato lifestyle is linked to a significantly greater risk of certain cancers as well as heart disease and diabetes, research has shown.

Colombia's most obese baby - who weighs the same as a six-year-old child - has been "rescued" by a charity so he can undergo life-saving treatment.

Plant compounds in herbs, berries and red wine may protect against diabetes, say scientists.

A meat-based diet containing too much acid increases diabetes risk, research has shown.

Mark Sainsbury has spent decades in the limelight, but has always kept his twin children out of it ... until now.

It used to be that sugar was the sweetest, most useful thing in our larder, a crystalline ambrosia that could make almost any food taste better and last longer.

Red and processed meats that have been linked with heart disease and cancer may be a major factor with another disease that's epidemic - type 2 diabetes.