The Olympics are a chance to transform the nation’s lifestyle
Jackie Ashley: Worries about cost and diverted funds shouldn't obscure London 2012's potential impact on our fitness and obesity crisis.
Plans for clamp on teenage smoking
Ministers consider ban on packs of 10.
UN calls for male circumcision to fight Aids
The United Nations has urged all countries with Aids epidemics to launch mass male circumcision programmes to protect against the spread of HIV. Sarah Boseley reports
Woman loses final embryos appeal
Natallie Evans, left infertile after cancer treatment, loses last legal chance to use her frozen embryos after court ruling.
Hospices get £40m, but say they still need more
Charities running hospices for people with a terminal illness allocated government grants to improve premises, but ministers make no promise of any extra contribution towards running costs.
Mentally ill deserve more than cynicism
Leader: By implying, as it does with the Mental Health Bill, that mental illness is more a matter of public safety than of public health the government is wrong-headed.
What women want
Leader: Without national standards of maternity care, it is impossible to pledge choice.
Many staff would not want to be patients in own hospitals
· NHS survey underlines concern over hygiene · High levels of violence remain worry for workers
Depressed? Talk to a computer
Computer-based therapy for mild depression and anxiety should be available to all patients in England from April, the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, said today. Ministers hope the two computer programmes Fear Fighter and Beating the Blues will provide patients with … Continue reading