Obesity is a greater threat for millennials than cannabis. It’s absurd
Millennials look set to be the fattest generation of Britons ever, yet the government continues to dodge the issue, writes Simon Jenkins, a Guardian columnist
So the UK’s eating more than it realises – here’s how we could get thin
We’re hugely underestimating our daily calories – the way we consume food needs to be overhauled, writes Michael Hallsworth
Call for ban on chocolate price cuts to fight obesity crisis
Charity also recommends 20% sugar tax on all confectionery after finding up to 29 teaspoons of sugar in one ‘sharing’ bag
‘I knew I was in labour’ – why are women being turned away from hospital during childbirth?
As a number of women recount how they were mistakenly told to go home and wait, before giving birth on the pavement or in a lift, experts warn that more investment in early-labour care is needed
My cancer operation was cancelled and I can’t sleep at night. Jeremy Hunt, how can you?
Why won’t Jeremy Hunt fight to get the NHS the funding it so desperately needs, asks Carly O’Neill
Mass closure of NHS walk-in centres is fuelling winter crisis, claim campaigners
Easy access to medical help for many denied after 40% of services shut
David Davis’s ignorance: now that’s what I call health and safety madness
Austerity has already driven a coach and horses through environmental standards – and we haven’t even got to the Brexit cliff edge yet, writes the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Why are Germany’s midwives feeling squeezed out?
Fewer midwives are attending to birth in the country, where insurance premiums are punitive and medical intervention is increasingly widespread. And it’s not only mothers who are missing their skills
See a GP on my smartphone? Sorry, I’m not convinced
A new scheme allowing patients to dial in for a virtual appointment has some advantages for some people – but it’s not for me, writes GP Ann Robinson
The truth about the US ‘opioid crisis’ – prescriptions aren’t the problem
The overdose crisis is driven by illicit use of drugs – not those given on prescription for patients in need, says neuroscientist and author Marc Lewis