Cycling growth could save NHS £250m, says report
Motorists swapping the car for just five minutes of riding each day would cut heart disease, diabetes and strokes, says Cambridge research
Food crusaders’ new challenge: cut sugar to save NHS £50bn a year
The campaigners who helped reduce salt intake in British diets by 15% in seven years have a fresh target in sight. But they fear this struggle will be much tougher – and talks with the health secretary Jeremy Hunt this week could be crucialwrites Barry Neild
Is $17.5bn incentive enough for more mothers to breastfeed?
Kailash Chand: Despite all the evidence for the benefits of breastfeeding, global rates have scarcely increased in 20 years. Could significant investment help buck the trend?
Davos 2014: Be aware – a healthy economy puts high value on wellbeing
Robert Greenhill: For the first time, delegates at the World Economic Forum will be asked to think of healthcare as an aid to global growth
A safe, effective diet pill – the elusive holy grail
Trade in illegal, ineffective drugs flourishes as pharmaceutical industry repeatedly fails to produce successful pill
DNP victims’ families lead fight to have fat-burning drug classified
More than 60 deaths attributed to metabolism-boosting chemical fertiliser, which is marketed online as a diet pill
How to treat a medical intern
Ranjana Srivastava: We may teach 'patient-centred care', but interns would also benefit from a more considered and considerate engagement with the patients they treat
Doctors fear for future of NHS sexual health clinics under tendering regime
Contracting-out threatens quality of service, say specialists
Coalition approves 6.2% rise in average private health insurance premium
Health minister says price increases for all 34 health insurers will help the industry absorb higher level of claims in 2014
HPV vaccine could be given to boys as well as girls in UK
Government advisers consider whether vaccine should be used to protect men who have sex with men from some cancers