Ditch the car to walk or cycle short journeys ‘for healthier Britain’
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence says 'invisible burden' of inactivity and obesity as harmful as smoking
Alcohol at 40p, 45p or 50p a unit to be Cameron choices for minimum price
Widespread public opposition to curbing cheap booze sales by penalising moderate drinkers
Food industry and supermarkets back healthy eating drive
Department of Health's Responsibility Drive aims to increase number of people eating five-a-day on fruit and vegetables
Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis by Helen Bynum – review
A biography of the disease is also a call to arms. By Richard Horton
Our approach to breast screening is paternalistic and wrong
Margaret McCartney: 'Overdiagnosis' means screening can do more harm than good. The only way to know which is to give women more information
All supermarkets to adopt ‘traffic-light labelling’ for nutrition
Government announces move to make it easier for shoppers to see which foods are unhealthy
Why would the private sector help struggling NHS hospitals?
Noel Plumridge: Global outsourcing companies are heading not for acute care but for the more lucrative community health services
From user fees to universal healthcare – a 30-year journey
Sarah Boseley: A former World Bank advocate of user fees for healthcare in developing countries has changed his mind
Obese children ‘more likely to have heart attack or stroke in adulthood’
Researchers say children with high BMI may already have up to 40% higher chance of disease due to range of risk factors
Jeremy Hunt under fire for stance on NHS tribute, homeopathy and abortion
Labour claims health secretary's apparent attempt to exclude NHS scenes from Olympic ceremony shows lack of support