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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley insists the quality of hospital food in England will improve, after criticism of the nutritional value of meals currently offered.

TV chef Jamie Oliver says he has given up on trying to change governments’ attitudes to healthy eating, as he visits New York in a bid to tackle obesity there.

The prospect of high student debt and increased pension contributions could discourage young people from entering medicine, a senior doctor warns.

Do repeated concussions lead to brain damage?

How ethinic minorities are being informed about diabetes

An independent panel says cardiac services at Glasgow’s Sick Children’s Hospital “may be unsafe if critical staffing problems are not addressed”.

Prime Minister David Cameron defends free parenting classes in England, denying they are the policy of a “nanny state”.

A woman claims her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.

Music producer Thomas Dolby describes how one of his latest songs, Simone, was inspired by his son, Harper, who was born a girl but changed genders.

Why doctors should talk more about death

A father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for schools and colleges to make a lesson on donating stem cells, blood and organs part of the curriculum.

Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.

Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.

How dancers are making a dramatic impact on dementia

The UK says it will retain stricter animal testing standards than required by a new European Union Directive.

BBC Radio 5 live’s Victoria Derbyshire got reaction to the Metropolitan Police chief’s suggestion that all workers should be screened.

Nicholas Crace, the 83-year-old who has become the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still being alive, told BBC Breakfast why he decided to donate so late in life.

Why some people ignore blood pressure problems

Growing small amounts of cannabis should be treated like a speeding ticket with a fine and no criminal record, according to a UK drugs charity.

Old home movies are being used to help trigger the forgotten past of people with dementia and other memory loss.

How retirement complexes could help tackle social care crisis

An 83-year-old man becomes the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service says.

Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.

Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.

Two patients who are paralysed from the neck down are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.

Big businesses should sponsor compulsory school meals, and packed lunches should be banned, says the former cage fighter and Celebrity Big Brother winner Alex Reid.

The number of elderly people in England getting council-funded care has fallen by 11% in the last two years and looks like it will fall further, figures obtained by Labour suggest.

Over-the-counter HIV tests, which would allow people in the US to check in the privacy of their homes if they have the virus, move a step closer.

A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reverses an earlier decision.

New nurses should be judged on their compassion not just their skills, the NHS Confederation chairman is to say.

Cutting air pollution has an instant impact on heart health, experts believe, after reviewing studies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The US launches a national plan to tackle Alzheimer’s, as estimates show 16 million people will be affected by dementia by 2050.

A young couple deliver their baby at home in Wakefield after a labour lasting just eight minutes.

A paralysed man has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord.

Parents need to be more vigilant over the computer games they allow their children to play, nurses say.

The government’s refusal to publish the full risk assessment of the planned changes to the NHS is unjustified and departs from policy, says the Information Commissioner

Editors of all 19 worldwide editions of the magazine jointly pledge not to use models younger than 16 or those they believe have an eating disorder.

Patients in England are suffering from shortages in the supply of some medicines, an all party group of MPs says.

A 10-year-old girl, Eliana Mann, has had a tumour weighing more than 3kg removed in an operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Hospitals in large cities are the breeding grounds of the superbug MRSA, researchers discover.

The number of people in their 50s dying from cancer in the UK has fallen to its lowest recorded level, figures reveal.

Helping children who do not respond to drugs

Patients and NHS staff are being urged to help Labour gather information on how front-line care is being affected.

Four patients being treated for diarrhoea and vomiting at a hospital in the west of Scotland have died.

Lost safety warnings dusted down and shown off

Nurses are still unhappy despite giving the Health Secretary a dignified reception, the leader of the RCN has said.

Planned changes to disability benefits will go ahead, the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith insists, saying that reform is needed.

The Scottish government has confirmed that it wants to set a minimum price for alcohol of 50p per unit.

A government review into the PIP breast implant scandal has found “serious lessons” must be learned.

Campaigners are warning that diabetes care in England is in “crisis” – with less than half of people with the condition getting the basic care they need.

Just one in five Britons is eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, a poll for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) suggests.

Health services in the community are reaching breaking point in the UK, the Royal College of Nursing is claiming.

The best way to label the nutritional content of our food is to be considered in a UK-wide consultation launched by the government.

Patients are being treated in corridors and left for hours on trolleys due in part to a reduction in hospital beds, the Royal College of Nursing claims.

The genetic disorder that caused cancer twice

Does magazine cover exploit or promote debate on nursing?

The Girl Guides says young women lack positive female role models and reality shows set an “unhealthy” example.

A nine-year-old girl’s blog showing photos of her school dinners – NeverSeconds – has become an unexpected internet hit.

The Girl Guides says young women lack positive female role models and reality shows set an “unhealthy” example.

The UK’s health system needs “radical change” to cope with the rising number of people with chronic conditions, especially in deprived areas, says a report by medical experts.

Most deaths of young children around the world are from mainly preventable infectious causes, experts say.

Using skin patches or vaginal rings as contraception comes with a higher risk of developing serious blood clots than the pill, according to a study.

Babies born after labour is induced have less risk of dying but a higher risk of admission to a special-care unit, a study has found.

The anti-wrinkle drug Botox could soon be offered to patients with chronic migraines by the NHS in England and Wales, according to the medicines watchdog.

A panel of US health experts recommends formal approval of Truvada, a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people.

A ventilation tube invented by a doctor to prevent the spread of pneumonia in intensive care patients is saving money as well as lives.