Teenage girls ‘not sterilised by implant’
Family planning groups and the Department of Health yesterday rejected newspaper allegations that 400 girls aged under 16 using a contraceptive implant have been 'sterilised'.
‘The safest method of birth is by caesarean’
The 'too posh to push' jibe about caesarean births belittles a genuine, well-considered choice for many women, write Nicholas Fisk and Sara Paterson Brown.
Why choice is our birthright
Government guidelines issued last week say that doctors should persuade women to opt for natural births instead of the surgeon's knife. Here a mother gives her view in the emotive debate on the right way to deliver babies.
Junk the food ads
Nick Cohen: If the Government wants to tackle obesity, it must dam the flow of propaganda aimed at young children.
Vacuum your way to better health
30 minutes of chores a day could reduce obesity, says government.
MPs back ‘traffic light’ food label plan
Food products should be labelled using a 'traffic light' system to provide consumers with easily understandable information on fat content, MPs are set to recommend.
71 NHS trusts in the red
Parliament's spending watchdog warned today that 71 NHS trusts in England went into the red last year.