Oliver Sacks obituary

Neurologist and writer best known for his books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings

Overexposed: the sun damage that can lead to skin cancer – and how to treat it

Despite the warnings, many of us still overdo it in the summer sun. Here are the main types of skin damage to watch for and what to do about them

Prostate cancer twice as likely to kill black men as white men, study finds

Researchers say study suggests need to target black men for screening of prostate cancer, which is projected to become the UK’s most common cancer by 2030

Cancer breakthroughs trigger big pharma interest in drugs and deals

Companies are scrambling to get into the immunotherapy market, which experts think could eventually be worth up to £26bn a year in sales

Food industry ‘responsibility deal’ has little effect on health, study finds

Firms agreed to make their products healthier, for example by reducing amounts of salt, but few have done so, researchers say

Premature-birth researchers appeal for photographs of newborn babies

Images to be used in app to help doctors determine gestational age of children born in isolated regions and reduce unnecessary deaths

Shorter people at greater risk of heart disease, new research finds

University of Leicester study finds that someone who is 1.52 metres tall faces a 32% greater risk than someone who is 1.68 metres tall

‘Disease is no longer a problem’ claims deadly bacteria

Dean Burnett: Following Nigel Farage’s lead, medicine and healthcare have been described as unnecessary by several deadly diseases

There is no scientific case for homeopathy: the debate is over

Pharmacists who sell homeopathic remedies as anything other than placebos are putting their customers’ health at risk

I’m finally getting vaccinated. But not because of your shaming

My liberal, new-age parents decided not to vaccinate me when I was a child. I’ve been judged a public health risk all my life for a decision I didn’t make