A pioneer in the field of obesity research and a woman who launched the first mobile chemotherapy unit are honoured in the New Year Honours list.

Young people should be given advice on the dangers of alcohol when they access sexual health services, a group of health experts recommends.

A review of the data used to assess the risks posed by faulty breast implants is to be carried out by the government, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says.

The health secretary has ordered an urgent review of the safety of breast implants made by the French company PIP.