Fruit and vegetable consumption by poorer families falls 30%, figures show
Rising food prices and recession resulting in lower income households cutting their recommended five-a-day portions
Where the NHS is heading
Letters: The proposal that credit rating agencies should decide the fate of hospital services is final evidence of the intent behind the health bill to commercialise the NHS
Comment is free readers on … body image
The people's panel: As an inquiry into self-image coincides with a protest against dieting, five readers tell us their experience
Enabling communication is vital in families of deaf children
Charlie Swinbourne: Families need to learn to sign for the sake of their deaf children – yet they are often denied the chance
High risk healthcare ‘will suffer if medical cover is privatised’
BMA warns that proposals to replace NHS Litigation Authority with private model 'mimics worst aspects of US healthcare'
Breast implant scandal: comestic surgery companies face court action
Andrew Lansley says he will pursue private clinics who refuse to remove impants 'aggressively through the courts'
The PIP breast implant scandal shows the real cost of private health
Richard Horton: The PIP implant scare exposes serious flaws in British medical regulation and NHS policy
Wales pays to replace French-made breast implants – but England won’t
Welsh health minister says not removing defective implants could endanger women's health
UK breast implant providers defy call for free replacement
Three UK cosmetic surgery firms reject health secretary's moral case to remove and replace PIP implants for free
MPs call for two alcohol-free days each week and clearer guidelines on drinking
Committee suggests health benefits oversold, while doctors say putting a minimum price per unit would prevent 10,000 deaths