Plastic surgery is not only about looks – people’s wellbeing is at stake
Patrick Strudwick: Jeremy Hunt's call for an end to cosmetic surgery on the NHS ignores the fact such procedures are more than just skin deep
Jeremy Hunt calls for end to cosmetic surgery on NHS
Health secretary says public money should not be spent to improve someone's looks
The cost of losing weight
NICE's recommendation that every obese or overweight person should be eligible for a slimming club was slated as too expensive - but how much would the NHS save if it worked?
What’s the real reason Britons aren’t offered the chickenpox vaccine?
Jenny Rohn: A safe, effective prevention for this nasty virus is withheld for surprising reasons
If doctors fear being sued, taking away that fear might help patients
Richard P Grant: A bill being considered by the Department of Health might make it easier, when all else has failed, to get the treatment you need
More women should give birth at home, advice suggests
Government health advisers say more mothers-to-be should opt for home births when deciding where to have their baby
IVF and the NHS: the parents navigating fertility’s postcode lottery
What are you entitled to for free on the NHS, how much should you spend on private treatment? And how can you cut costs?
Antibiotic resistance: 6 diseases that may come back to haunt us
Mike Turner: Still think of TB, typhoid and gonorrhoea as infections from the past? WHO's terrifying report will make you think again
Jeremy Hunt asked medical chief to look at studies backing homeopathy
Health secretary passed studies funded by homeopathic firm to Prof Dame Sally Davies, emails show
Death doulas: helping people face up to dying
People often seek support to bring a new life into the world, but what about when we are preparing to leave it? Eleanor Tucker speaks to death doula Rebecca Green