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BBC News - Health
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The latest stories from the Health section of the BBC News web site.
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NHS hospital food 'will improve'
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley insists the quality of hospital food in England will improve, after criticism of the nutritional value of meals currently offered.
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VIDEO: Jamie: 'I've given up on politics'
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.
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'Debt deterring would-be doctors'
The prospect of high student debt and increased pension contributions could discourage young people from entering medicine, a senior doctor warns.
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Concussion risk for rugby players
Do repeated concussions lead to brain damage?
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'Champions' raise diabetes awareness
How ethinic minorities are being informed about diabetes
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Kids' cardiac service criticised
An independent panel says cardiac services at Glasgow's Sick Children's Hospital "may be unsafe if critical staffing problems are not addressed".
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Parent classes 'not nanny state'
Prime Minister David Cameron defends free parenting classes in England, denying they are the policy of a "nanny state".
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Dementia patient 'had 106 carers'
A woman claims her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.
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VIDEO: 'I felt trapped' in female body
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.
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Why we should talk more about death
Why doctors should talk more about death
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Father wants 'donation' lessons
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.
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Dieting 'safe for pregnant women'
Dieting in pregnancy is safe and does not carry risks for the baby, a review of research has suggested.
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VIDEO: Statins 'could benefit healthy people'
Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.
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Making dramatic impact on health
How dancers are making a dramatic impact on dementia
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UK retains strict animal test law
The UK says it will retain stricter animal testing standards than required by a new European Union Directive.
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AUDIO: Should workers be tested for drugs?
BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire got reaction to the Metropolitan Police chief's suggestion that all workers should be screened.
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Rise in ambulance delays at A&E
Ambulances are spending 50% more time outside hospitals in Kent, Sussex and Surrey, the BBC has learned.
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VIDEO: UK's oldest living kidney donor
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.
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Patients 'skip' cholesterol drugs
Why some people ignore blood pressure problems
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Old films to aid memory recovery
Old home movies are being used to help trigger the forgotten past of people with dementia and other memory loss.
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