EU to help patients get transplants abroad

New directive will allow Britons who need organs urgently to get them in countries that have a surplus

New year, new anti-obesity campaign

Will the government's Change4Life campaign succeed where so many before have failed?

Matter of life and death: Wallace and Gromit makers get animated over UK obesity crisis

Public health advert uses animation to challenge perception that losing weight is only about vanity

Sweet and easy to digest

Creators of Wallace and Gromit, Aardman animations, latest film is a government commission to fight obesity

Parents accused of killing obese children with kindness

Government embarks on new campaign aimed at the growing problem of childhood obesity

Weight gain before five ‘leads to obesity’

Most excess weight in obese children is put on in early years, says research

The obesity timebomb is still ticking

Neville Rigby: The Health Survey for England has arrived with stark warnings ahead of our seasonal blowout – but will we listen?

Messages on healthy eating and alcohol moderation not getting through

Despite measures to tackle rising obesity, public lack understanding of lifestyle choices, survey finds

Measures fail to curb obesity in children

New data from national child measurement programme in schools shows no progress

HIV infections hit record high

Estimated 77,400 people had the virus last year, more than a quarter of whom were unaware of infection, HPA says