Leading midwife says staff shortages risk safety of mothers and babies
Cathy Warwick accuses government of backtracking on pre-election pledge to hire 3,000 more NHS midwives
Andrew Lansley’s Department of Big Macs
Philip James: By cosying up to the food industry the health secretary is ignoring all scientific thinking on obesity
The real happiness index
If the government wants to assess the nation's wellbeing, they have to ask the right questions
What philosophy tells us about the happiness index
Clare Carlisle: Thinkers from Bentham to Heidegger saw measuring happiness as more than just a box-ticking exercise
Happiness is … becoming a bit more scientific
Barbara Gunnell: Politicians often think they instinctively know what makes us happy. David Cameron is right to turn to statistics
Happiness index to gauge Britain’s national mood
Despite 'nervousness', David Cameron wants measure of wellbeing to steer government policy
McDonald’s and PepsiCo to help write UK health policy
Exclusive: Department of Health putting fast food companies at heart of policy on obesity, alcohol and diet-related disease
NHS funding for homeopathy risks misleading patients, says chief scientist
Sir John Beddington says NHS funding may harm patients' health if they choose it over conventional medicine
The view from a broad: single parents, diabetes and miniskirts
Laura Barton: Women are paying for men's mistakes | What rats can tell us about diabetes | The Italians waging war on the miniskirt
Cost worries prompt Britons to opt out of medical treatments
Two-thirds of those polled by Health365.com have delayed or cancelled treatment due to concerns over healthcare costs