How MRI brain scans can help children with epilepsy

A pioneering new initiative at Great Ormond Street hospital is using MRI scans to assess whether children with epilepsy should have surgery

Passive smoking kills 600,000 a year, including 165,000 children, says WHO

Estimates from the first analysis of the true global picture say biggest impact is on young in the developing world

The challenges of disability and pregnancy

Expecting a baby can be a worrying time – but for people with disabilities, there are added anxieties

Andrew Lansley’s Department of Big Macs

Philip James: By cosying up to the food industry the health secretary is ignoring all scientific thinking on obesity

Fathers are happier when doing more housework, says study

Report also found men who spend more time with their children and work similar hours to partners are less stressed

The push for better births

With no major advances in safer childbirth for 50 years, doctors are calling for more properly funded research. By Carol Davis

Should we be worried about early puberty?

Why are girls now regularly starting puberty aged eight and nine? And how easy is it to cope at primary school? Joanna Moorhead reports

Clashing realities of cutting the deficit

Michael White: As the government is quickly discovering, the money it tries to claw back with one hand it is often forced to spend with the other

Lack of vital drugs could put premature babies at risk, top doctor warns

Consultant obstetrician says NHS has had supply problems with medication used to boost lung growth

Health insurers force children into the ranks of the uninsured

Seema Jilani: The modest measures imposed by healthcare reform have provoked a fierce defence of profit ahead of people's wellbeing