Fighting Fit

Supermarkets selling alcohol cheaper than water

Research has found that it costs less to quench your thirst with alcohol than bottled water at leading supermarkets

Swiss back free-heroin scheme for addicts

The heroin programme, said to be the first of its kind in the world, was backed by 69 per cent of voters

Baby P report to trigger exit of Haringey chiefs

Senior managers at Haringey council 'preparing for the worst' ahead of report into tragedy, which is handed to Ed Balls today

Young gymnasts risking a life of pain

Study finds those striving for perfect handsprings, somersaults and head-stands risk injuries due to stress on their bones

Pioneering surgery to straighten spine of girl

Surgeon at Southampton General Hospital developed a system using four rods and brackets to allow 13-year-old's spine to grow

Brain injury victims find new self-confidence

Gardening therapy, run by the charity Thrive, is proving to help speed recovery and restore victims' sense of self-worth

Heart fears may force separation of twins

Doctors are to decide whether to carry out an operation to separate the newborn conjoined twins Faith and Hope Williams

Briefing: Fit notes: A can-do attitude

Sick note system to be replaced by ‘fit notes’: GPs will say what a patient cand do, rather than excuse them from work

Family carers to get new work rights

The solicitor-general, Vera Baird, has signalled the introduction of new rights for carers of elderly relatives and sick children

Revealed: NHS nurse who earns £100,000

An NHS nurse has doubled her basic salary by working overtime under an initiative to bring down waiting lists

Planned curbs on smoking to be axed

Measures to help cut smoking and drinking are expected to be shelved this week because of fears they will alienate voters

MMR teams move in amid measles fears

Thousands of children to be offered jab after measles cases reached over 1,000 for the first time in more than a decade

Next generation jockeys threatened by obesity

Shock of encountering hard physical labour is preventing teenagers from becoming jockeys and stable lads, research suggests

CASE STUDY: 'You need a passion for it'

Danny Hiskett, 17, left school after taking his GCSEs and went to racing school because he already knew the career he wanted

£1.5bn for research on ‘incurable’ cancer

Cancer charity says research needs to focus on incurable forms of cancer where there has been relatively little progress

Surfing treatment to cure drug addicts

Cape Town clinic offers surfing as part of its rehabilitation programme, saying it offers a challenge for patients

Rare disorder will prevent girl from growing up

Alex Smith, 37, has described how her seven-year-old daughter will never advance beyond the emotional age of a three-year-old

Toddler recovers after key lodged in brain

Accident sees car key penetrating skull of Nicholas Holderman, who has made a complete recovery. Watch video

How the NHS failed my dad when he was dying

Times writer Jenny Booth's father wanted to die at home, but lack of resources and a don't-care attitude prevented it

Dying patients 'not being treated with respect'

National Audit Office said that too many are not being offered the option of dying at home, rather than in hospital