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

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

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

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

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence says 'invisible burden' of inactivity and obesity as harmful as smoking

Widespread public opposition to curbing cheap booze sales by penalising moderate drinkers

Department of Health's Responsibility Drive aims to increase number of people eating five-a-day on fruit and vegetables

A biography of the disease is also a call to arms. By Richard Horton

Margaret McCartney: 'Overdiagnosis' means screening can do more harm than good. The only way to know which is to give women more information