Scottish government seeks TV booze ad clampdown
The Scottish government has launched a consultation into alcohol advertising, seeking a ban on TV ads before the 9pm watershed and in films for under-18s. By Mark Sweney
Home Office booze ads show dark side of getting wrecked
A TV ad featuring a young man ruining his appearance before going out drinking leads the Home Office's new £4m alcohol abuse campaign. By Mark Sweney
UK ad and TV industries join government for Olympics health push
A coalition of advertisers, ad agencies and media companies is to work with the UK government on a health marketing campaign in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics. By Mark Sweney
Old enemy, new challenge
Lucy Chesire: The re-emergence of tuberculosis could reverse a decade of advances in the fight against HIV/Aids
Encouraging swimming: another approach
Free swimming for the over 60s seemed like a great idea when it was announced last week. But one Labour backbencher thinks the money could be better spent.
Diabetes cases could reach 4m by 2025
Government expands its 'healthy towns' initiative, aimed at tackling the problem of obesity
H7 strain of bird flu found on British farm
Chickens on a farm in Oxfordshire have tested positive for the H7 strain of bird flu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said this evening
Right all along
On reading Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson's Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), David Newnham warns on the dangers of relying on one's memory
Nasty to be nice
Elizabeth Pisani's The Wisdom of Whores, a critique of the UN's policy on Aids, suggests a pragmatic alternative. By Michael Fitzpatrick
Atrocity exhibition
Two new interrogations of torture, Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris' Standard Operating Procedure and Philippe Sands' Torture Team, will help justice be done, writes Michael Byers