Zee NewsChocolate cake for breakfast could help weight lossInsideireland.ieBy Sarah Greer According to scientists, eating chocolate cake as part of a full breakfast can help in losing weight. Although it sounds too good to be true, new research says having dessert, along with a traditional fry up, burns off the pounds.Eat desserts for breakfast, get slimTimes of IndiaDessert with breakfast can help weight-lossMSN NZ NewsEat dessert for breakfast to lose weight, says studyToronto SunIndia.Com Health -TruthDive -HealthJockey.comall 22 news articles »

BBC NewsPseudomonas found in more hospital tapsBBC NewsPseudomonas has been detected in water outlets in the neonatal units at three more hospitals in Northern Ireland. Water tests from Daisy Hill in Newry, Craigavon Area Hospital and the Erne Hospital in Enniskillen were positive.Fatal bacteria found in more NI unitsIrish TimesPseudomonas found in three hospitalsU.TVKiller bug found in more baby unitsDerry Todayall 11 news articles »

Daily MailMPs call for minimum price on alcoholHarpers Wine & Spirit Trade ReviewMPs have called for the alcohol strategy, due out in the next few weeks, to enforce a minimum price per unit and cut "a significant number of units" by changing how alcohol is produced and sold. Conservative MP for Totnes, Dr Sarah Wollaston, ...Alcoholic drinks to get weaker, says ministerTelegraph.co.ukMinimum pricing of alcohol urgedThe Press AssociationWater down beer to tackle binge drinking, alcohol industry is toldDaily MailYorkshire Post -WebMD.Boots.com -Boston Heraldall 24 news articles »

Telegraph.co.ukPM denies NHS bill 'disaster'The IndependentImagine for a moment that, for whatever reason, you find yourself to be in possession of a case of m... A new app promises women the Perfect Man, but is perfection all it's cracked up to be? It's estimated that today there are more than 27 million ...Are NHS waiting times really improving?The GuardianCameron stands by LansleyBBC NewsPM denies NHS Bill 'disaster' claimWalesOnlineSky News -Politics.co.uk -Spectator.co.ukall 940 news articles »

The GuardianGP commissioners should help coordinate social careOnMedicaGPs should work with local councils to improve social care for older and vulnerable people, claims a report from MPs published today. MPs on the health select committee have called for closer joint working between the NHS and local government to tackle ...Health and social care merge to save £30mPublic ServiceGovernment details structural breakdown of new health funding plansZenopaCommons committee at odds with government over health reformsThe GuardianThe Independent -Telegraph.co.uk -Barchester Healthcareall 248 news articles »

The GuardianMonitor appoints Henshaw to chair troubled Morecambe Bay trustThe GuardianMonitor has intervened for a second time at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS foundation trust and appointed Sir David Henshaw as the interim chair following concerns over the quality of services at the trust. Stephen Hay, Monitor's chief ...Furness General Hospital baby risk shockNW Evening MailPaediatrician suspended and matron removed from duties in probe into deaths of ...Daily MailFurness hospital 'still putting mothers and babies at risk'BBC NewsTopNews United Statesall 12 news articles »

BBC NewsNHS Gloucestershire legal battle reaches High CourtBBC NewsA campaign against NHS plans to change the way Gloucestershire health services are run has reached the High Court. Michael Lloyd, 75, from Stroud, has sought a judicial review over plans to hand management of county hospitals and some services to a new ...Pensioner launches High Court bid to stop NHS 'privatisation'Telegraph.co.ukHealthcare community interest company to be challenged in High CourtThird SectorHealth campaigners at High CourtGazette SeriesThis is Gloucestershire -Indymedia UK -Linex Legal (press release) (registration)all 8 news articles »

Telegraph.co.ukContraception row: I had implant because I felt like having sex says girl, 13Telegraph.co.ukA 13-year-old girl who had a contraceptive implant fitted at school without her mother's knowledge said she wanted the procedure because she "felt like having sex". The teenager is one of 33 schoolgirls who have been fitted with the device in ...Parents furious as girls, 13, given contraceptive implants at school without ...Daily MailNo regrets for girl, 13, at centre of school contraceptive implant stormDaily EchoGirls, 13, get secret birth control implant at school without parents' knowledgeMirror.co.ukThe Press Association -newjerseynewsroom.com -Metroall 170 news articles »

Prime Minister signals Health Secretary's position is secure, despite growing attacks on the Coalition's plans for NHS reform.

PARIS (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi said on Wednesday that its earnings could drop by up to 15 percent this year as top-selling drugs previously protected by patents are hit by competition from cheap copies.

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche is digging in for a long fight after gene sequencing company Illumina rejected its $5.7 billion hostile takeover bid as inadequate and said it would be more successful on its own.

BBC NewsSurgeons should inform women if they have PIP breast implants: regulatorTelegraph.co.ukHealth regulators had to rely on plastic surgeons and clinics to inform women they were given faulty PIP breast implants as no central register exists, it has emerged. By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor Sir Kent Woods, head of the British health ...Breast implants: part-time surgeons putting women at risk, MPs toldThe GuardianCommons Health Select Committee hears evidence on PIP implantsBBC NewsPIP doctors 'needed to warn women'The Press AssociationFinancial Times -Yorkshire Post -Pulseall 22 news articles »

The Prime Minister's late son was dragged into the debate about NHS reform in a move branded "tasteless" by Downing Street aides.

A pensioner who lives in a care home launches a High Court bid today (Wednesday) to stop his local health authority from handing an £80 million-a-year contract to a private body.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. consumer groups petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to subject a new genetically engineered salmon to a more rigorous review process than is now in place before the fish can be approved as safe to eat.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is willing to work with Catholic universities, hospitals and other church-affiliated employers to implement a new policy that requires health insurers to offer birth control coverage, a top adviser to the president's re-election campaign said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior executive of breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure resigned on Tuesday, a week after the group became the target of a public furor for cutting funding to women's health organization, Planned Parenthood.

(Reuters) - Nine out of 10 American adults consume too much salt and the leading culprit is not potato chips or popcorn but slices of bread and dinner rolls, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is willing to work with Catholic universities, hospitals and other church-affiliated employers to implement a new policy that requires health insurers to offer birth control coverage, a top adviser to the president's re-election campaign said on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - About half of all elementary school students can buy potato chips, ice cream or similar snacks in vending machines and at snack bars during school, suggests a new study.

Frail and vulnerable patients are seeing their quality of life diminished because of "salami slicing" of services, MPs warn.

(Reuters) - The Obama administration plans to spend an additional $156 million over the next two years to help find an effective treatment for Alzheimer's, a fatal brain-wasting disease that affects more than 5 million Americans.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study further eases fears that the rotavirus vaccine might increase the risk of blocked bowels in infants -- a concern that led to an earlier version of the vaccine being pulled from the market in the United States.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breast cancer is often considered more deadly among younger women, but a new study shows older women are actually more likely to die of the disease.

PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi said on Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration had approved a lotion to treat head lice after clinical trials, which compared it with a placebo.