A helpline providing support and advice for troops with mental health problems is launched with £200,000 of government funding.

Closing hospitals or reducing what they do 'can be for the best'

Doubts have been raised over the idea that being overweight and 'apple shaped' increases heart attack risk

A gene defect that can triple the risk of a child developing an allergy to peanuts has been identified, scientists say.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley asks the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to assess a controversial potential fertility treatment.

The negative speculation about his mental health

A new study which looked at 200,000 people claims that people with "apple-shaped" bodies are not necessarily at greater risk of heart disease than other overweight people

A transsexual loses an appeal at the High Court against an NHS trust's decision not to pay for her to have a breast enlargement operation.