Victory for family denied cancer claim payout for father

Ombudsman ruling brings 'relief and joy' for widow and twins after insurer said victim did not disclose pins and needles

Lisa Lynch obituary

Writer who recounted her experience of cancer with engaging candour

Are sausages bad for you?

Felicity Cloake: New research says that people who eat processed meat have an increased risk of an early death. Does this mean we have to give up sausages – or will we be OK if we buy posh bangers and grill rather than fry them?

‘I had leukaemia, so I know how the patients must feel’

Dom Hurford's battle with childhood leukaemia has led to a life as a doctor on the wards where he was once treated

Teen fiction and the shadow of cancer

Mal Peet: From John Green's The Fault in our Stars to Jenny Downham's Before I Die, childhood cancer is becoming a taboo-busting subject for teen fiction

What doctors won’t do

From steroids to sleeping tablets, IVF to the flu jab – doctors reveal the treatments they would avoid

The antioxidant myth is too easy to swallow

Henry Scowcroft: People are hooked on the fallacy that 'antioxidant' is a byword for 'healthy' – perhaps because the truth is less appealing

Tumorous cigarettes – and the rest of the year in shockvertising

Arwa Mahdawi: A shocking ad may put us off our breakfast, but such tactics probably aren't the most effective way to change behaviour

Smokers face graphic ad campaign showing tumour growing on cigarette

£2.7m advertising campaign will warn smokers that just 15 cigarettes can lead to a cancerous tumour

The NHS failed my father

When her dad became seriously ill, Hannah Rose had to battle for a proper diagnosis and care. But worse, she says, was the lack of compassion