Dr Luisa Dillner’s guide to . . . weaning
They may have ignored the breast is best message but parents have taken on board the message to delay solids
NHS hospitals are told to offer patients bingo sessions to beat boredom
BMA report suggests bingo sessions and art classes to speed recovery
Online IVF calculator will predict chances of fertility treatment success
Web resource based on five years of medical records aims to tell women their likelihood of giving birth with 99% accuracy
Midwife leader accuses GPs of discouraging home births
Some family doctors scaring mothers over comparative safety of hospital versus home deliveries
Midwives condemn ‘campaign against home births’
Researchers scare women into thinking home birth is not a safe option, says Royal College of Midwives
A third of children leaving primary school are overweight, report reveals
The number of pupils classified as obese is also rising, new NHS statistics show
My week: Natalie O’Keefe, play specialist at the Royal Free hospital in London
Play can help to keep children amused, and to prepare them for surgery
The gap in our teeth
DD Guttenplan: It is shocking how much the state of someone's smile still reveals about their class
Specialist care for all heart patients could save 5,000 lives a year – study
Death rate could be reduced if all patients were seen by a cardiologist and treated on a cardiac ward, says NHS report
My week: Peter Carey, consultant in genitourinary medicine
The impact of HIV since the 1980s has been huge, and no matter how great the leaps forward in treatment, it's still a difficult diagnosis for people to deal with