Calls for millions to be given free vitamin D supplements

One in five adults at risk of deficiency, with a lack of the 'sunshine' vitamin linked to soft bones and other conditions

IVF and the NHS: the parents navigating fertility’s postcode lottery

What are you entitled to for free on the NHS, how much should you spend on private treatment? And how can you cut costs?

Jeremy Hunt sent homeopathy studies to chief medical officer

Letter to Tory MP reveals health secretary asked Sally Davies to initiate reviews of already dismissed studies by French firm

Female genital mutilation parties being held in UK, MPs told

Health professionals tell committee that 'cutters' are flown into Britain for events at which up to a dozen girls may be mutilated

There’s no financial, ethical or clinical justification for NHS charges

Jacky Davis: The health industrial complex has been eyeing up the NHS budget for years. Building the myth that it is 'outdated and unaffordable' is just the first step

Medibank Private sale to go ahead as government announces share float

Finance minister, Mathias Cormann, says there is no evidence sale will lead to higher health insurance premiums

Marlboro marketing campaign aimed at young people, anti-tobacco report says

Marlboro cigarette maker Philip Morris 'breaching its ethical code' with adverts that try to 'persuade the young to smoke'

Food poverty now bigger public health concern than diet – expert claims

Panorama explores claims many turn to food banks due to being penalised when judged to have broken benefit conditions

Why are we really overweight?

UK adults eat below the recommended calories per day, and most meet suggested activity levels - but more than half of us are overweight or obese, report the latest official figures released today.

Medicare overhaul: private health care could extend to GP

Australian health minister says paying $6 to see a GP being considered, an idea played down before Griffith’s byelection