We should be responsible for our health
The health secretary wants us all to contribute to reducing demand on the NHS - and he's right, says Denis Campbell
Leading doctors call for urgent crackdown on junk food
Presidents of two royal colleges of medicine urge government to restrict advertising and sponsorship by makers of unhealthy foods and introduce diet health warnings
Nanny does know best, Andrew Lansley
Felicity Lawrence: The health secretary's belief that children should be responsible for their own diet choices would be risible were it not so scary
Even people with advanced Alzheimer’s are never ‘all gone’
Response: Dementia does not destroy all chance of meaningful communication, say Helena Roth and Janet Thomson
Libel laws: a lethal muzzle of medicine
Ben Goldacre: The chiropractors' absurd pursuit of Simon Singh is over, but libel laws are still a real health hazard
Dismay greets loss of sex education reform
Teachers welcome the disappearance of a teaching licence and a 'report-card' rating system for schools
Patients not productivity matter in NHS
Anuradha Arasu: The NHS is not a business and measuring it according to 'productivity' ignores what is really being achieved
Pass notes No 2,753: Happiness
The Movement for Happiness is recruiting a director. Are you perky enough?
Healthier sweet foods urged in battle against obesity epidemic
Food Standards Agency calls for reduction in sugar and fat content of tempting foods and drinks