Coalition approves 6.2% rise in average private health insurance premium

Health minister says price increases for all 34 health insurers will help the industry absorb higher level of claims in 2014

HPV vaccine could be given to boys as well as girls in UK

Government advisers consider whether vaccine should be used to protect men who have sex with men from some cancers

Alcohol without the hangover? It’s closer than you think

David Nutt: Science now allows us to develop a safer way to get drunk. But before we can sober up in minutes, the drinks industry needs to embrace this healthier approach

The cash the NHS spends on insurance for births could fund better services

Joanna Moorhead: Rather than lawyers and litigation, let's put our resources into supporting babies and their parents

Mental health counselling on NHS will be a right, says Burnham

Shadow health secretary highlights cuts and 'biggest unaddressed health challenge' as he pledges Labour solution

Childhood rickets is back – while vitamin D sits in warehouses

Colin Michie: Vitamins work, but an existing scheme has failed because of problems with supply chains, delivery systems and staff training

Lucy Mangan: who says 15 minutes is too short for a care visit? Chins up, people

More than 75% of care visits to the elderly and/or disabled take less than 15 minutes. Which is plenty of time, apparently

Women, we’ve got to talk about our drinking

Ann Dowsett Johnston: British girls are the west's biggest teenage drinkers. As we were with tobacco, we're in deep denial about the dangers of alcohol

Health insurance firm forced to drop misleading advert about NHS deaths

Website wrongly accused the NHS of causing 13,000 needless deaths

You suffer a heart attack out in the wilds. Could your mates save you?

Cyclist Pete Holroyd survived a heart attack thanks to cool-headed friends and luck. But if more of us were first-aid aware, many more lives could be saved. Brian Oliver reports