British breast cancer rates ‘four times higher than eastern Africa’, says report
World Cancer Research Fund survey cites lifestyle as reason for difference
Top GP condemns Britons for recklessly neglecting their health
Steve Field, Britain's top GP, slams public attitudes to health
Don’t take offence if we lecture you on how to stay alive and healthy
Steve Field: In an excoriating critique, Britain's leading GP says we, not the state, must take responsibility for our wellbeing
Fat, yes. Ashamed, no
Kate Harding: While obese is a medical term, fat is the language of the bully. It's not a word doctors should use
We should be responsible for our health
The health secretary wants us all to contribute to reducing demand on the NHS - and he's right, says Denis Campbell
Parents of obese children may be guilty of neglect
Child health experts say 'parental failure' over diet and exercise becomes a child protection issue
Leading doctors call for urgent crackdown on junk food
Presidents of two royal colleges of medicine urge government to restrict advertising and sponsorship by makers of unhealthy foods and introduce diet health warnings
Nanny does know best, Andrew Lansley
Felicity Lawrence: The health secretary's belief that children should be responsible for their own diet choices would be risible were it not so scary
Even people with advanced Alzheimer’s are never ‘all gone’
Response: Dementia does not destroy all chance of meaningful communication, say Helena Roth and Janet Thomson
The raw horror of Alzheimer’s
Andrea Gillies thought she could care for her mother-in-law, who was gripped by dementia. It was a terrible mistake, the Orwell prize winner tells Amelia Gentleman