With garlic setting you back $4 a bulb, this spice can be found at your Indian grocer for a fraction of the price.

About 90% of adults consume caffeine daily mostly through tea and coffee, so of course our kids are curious.

The idea that we need to wear scented sprays on our bodies to be clean is simply not true, says English anatomy professor Michelle Spear.

We know a lot about how hunger can impact young minds when it comes to learning, but hydration can play a big role too.

Colour Me Menopausal is a new activity book for adults that uses humour to educate about the phase of life when a woman's reproductive years comes to an end.

When the Wellington writer quit alcohol, she started to gain weight. What followed was two years of extreme dieting.

Weekly music therapy sessions help six-year-old Kiara find her voice as she finds her rhythm.

Here's what to consider this summer before your child runs starkers along the beach.

Tradwife doesn't go to work. Brat turns up late and hungover. Demure is on time and appropriately dressed. Can you keep up?

Sleepovers might seem like a rite of passage. That doesn't always have to be the case.

Some parents think introducing alcohol to their kids at a young-ish age "like the French" is a good idea. It's not.

Which sunscreen offers the best protection? Are more expensive ones better?

Men tend to overestimate their swimming ability, sometimes leading to a devastating loss. Even a rudimentary flotation device can help.

With an exceptionally hot summer on the cards, experts are sounding alarm bells.

Why does it feels so satisfying? And - importantly - is there a polite way to switch from yes to no when end-of-year obligations overwhelm?

Mike McIntyre folded down his client's ear to get a "clear workspace" for his clippers and spotted an angry-looking skin lesion.

Migraine sufferers have an 'invisible disease' that keeps them off work and out of normal life, writes Rachel Choy.

Black spatulas and other black plastic kitchen items can contain flame retardant, which probably isn't great for your body.

"Even if you do win, you're on a high for a little while but then you're like, 'Oh s..., what do I do next?"

There has been a period product revolution in the last decade - but are NZ teens using them?

There can be a huge difference in what your local doctor costs - even just across the street.

A new mass sports event is coming to New Zealand next year and all the fitness folks are amping up for it.

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder or ARFID is an eating disorder that revolves around an aversion to food and eating.

When you drive south down State Highway 1, you can't ignore the exit number: 420. That number - spoken as four-twenty - is cultural slang for weed.

How can we take the edge off the daylight savings transition?

Bowls of Weet-Bix. Loaves of bread. Packs of noodles. It it actually necessary?

Gadgets allow us to track how much we eat, what we eat, our sleep and exercise but experts say they're not always making us healthier.

Over the past four years, terminal ovarian cancer has been shoving Cora Torr, 61, towards life's exit door. To offset this rude intruder, she's enlisted the help of a death doula.

"If that is the best tool you have in your tool box that is telling you something," says a counsellor, sucking some air out of the #cartime balloon.