What doctors won’t do

From steroids to sleeping tablets, IVF to the flu jab – doctors reveal the treatments they would avoid

The antioxidant myth is too easy to swallow

Henry Scowcroft: People are hooked on the fallacy that 'antioxidant' is a byword for 'healthy' – perhaps because the truth is less appealing

Arwa Mahdawi: A shocking ad may put us off our breakfast, but such tactics probably aren't the most effective way to change behaviour

£2.7m advertising campaign will warn smokers that just 15 cigarettes can lead to a cancerous tumour

When her dad became seriously ill, Hannah Rose had to battle for a proper diagnosis and care. But worse, she says, was the lack of compassion

IHME global study of health risks finds that high blood pressure caused 9.4m early deaths, while smoking was next biggest

When she was told she had a brain tumour, Jennie Cohen began to record her thoughts online. Here's how she coped with the diagnosis and surgery

Albert Espinosa's initially beguiling account of his 10-year battle with cancer is spoilt by self-help hokum, says Michael Hogan

Albert Espinosa insists that his gruelling, 10-year battle against cancer was a happy time. Now he has written a book to explain why

For many patients, remission of the disease is just the first step in a long and emotionally draining process of recovery