Profit, not patients: the risks of private medicine
Ultimately, private providers have their shareholders’ interests at heart, not their patients’. A GP and celebrated writer shares his experiences of how the healthcare system works
The Guardian view on endometriosis: a silent source of unnecessary misery
Editorial: Not life-threatening, but life-altering: the disease that neither its victims nor medicine know enough about
The high rate of uninsured Latinos isn’t surprising – it’s business as usual
A health insurance disparity existed before the Affordable Care Act, and the government should have seen that as evidence of a need to work differently
The unlikely saviour of the NHS: drug-resistant gonorrhoea
The epic challenges of the post-antibiotic age will take the debate beyond the well-worn issues of obesity and old age
The Secret Doctor: people would use the NHS less if they knew the true price tags
A survey shows people vastly underestimate NHS costs. If they understood the real expenditure, they might use the service more responsibly
My wife’s £10,000 bill for cancer treatment makes me appreciate the NHS
Faced with the huge cost of vital healthcare in South Africa, I’ve realised how lucky we are to have the NHS in the UK. We must fight to protect it
How many people should watch you give birth? The crowdbirthing conundrum
Women in their teens and 20s have an average of eight people in the room during the course of giving birth, a survey suggests – it might work for some, but there are a few key questions to consider
Government delays publication of plans for reduction in UK’s sugar intake
Ministers accused of ‘deplorable complacency’ in tackling UK’s obesity problem after report they commissioned from Public Health England is shelved
Doctors demand a 20% tax on sugary drinks to fight UK obesity epidemic
BMA report says use money to subsidies fruit and vegetables, and demands regulatory action from taxation to clampdown on marketing to children
Public health cuts could cost NHS extra and cause more unplanned pregnancies
Experts say £200m spending reduction could saddle NHS with extra £250m on abortion and maternity services after government ignored calls to reconsider