Cycling in Britain: government to get serious with all-party inquiry

Parliamentary cycling group hopes to build on 2012's track success to get UK pedalling up European tables of bike use

Are we getting childbirth wrong?

The conversation: Kirstie Allsopp discusses caesareans, guilt and breastfeeding with birth guru Sheila Kitzinger

Childhood obesity: Jeremy Hunt threatens food industry with legislation

Supermarkets and manufacturers told to get 'their house in order' or face laws to curb high levels of sugar and fat in food

Ban high-sugar cereals to tackle child obesity, says Andy Burnham

Labour targets foods that can be over one-third sugar as OECD report says English children are among fattest in Europe

Calls for reform of the cosmetics industry date back to 2005

The failure of successive governments to protect patients from an industry capable of inflicting harm is baffling and inexcusable, writes Denis Campbell

Smokers face graphic ad campaign showing tumour growing on cigarette

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

Public must accept reforms if NHS is to survive, warns hospitals chief

Hospitals must provide fewer services if NHS is to cope with growing demand caused by ageing population, says Mike Farrar

One in three primary school leavers is obese or overweight

Little progress made in drive to keep children's weight down, study suggests

Whooping cough alert for pregnant women

Fewer than half of mothers-to-be have been vaccinated, despite an increase in cases that has seen 13 babies die

Which really is more deadly: cycling or sitting down watching TV?

Peter Walker: New scientific guidance about the 'invisible danger' of inactivity puts cycle safety in perspective