Folic acid added to flour to lessen birth defects
Fortifying bread and flour will help reduce neural tube defects, such as spina bifida.
Health
Assisted dying could stop harrowing deaths, says MP behind bill
Adults expected to die within six months would be eligible under the proposals for England and Wales.
Charity wants testing of men at high risk of prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer Research acknowledges more accurate tests would be needed to justify screening all men.
Pharmacies vote to cut opening hours in funding protest
Pharmacists in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to reduce opening hours and stop home deliveries.
‘I might be dead before a decision is made’: Terminally-ill people on assisted dying
Nik is worried assisted dying could lead to coercion - but Elise, who has cancer, wants the choice.
‘My wife died because the NHS used cheap labour’
Roy Pollitt's wife died after a physician associate mistakenly left a drain in her body for 21 hours.
NHS managers to be sacked in failing hospitals
Hospitals in England will be ranked on care and finances, so patients can look for good service.
Chief medical officer had nightmares after spy poisoning
Dame Sally Davies told the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry she had worried about the disposal of the nerve agent.
Assisted dying bill: What is in proposed law?
The proposed law would allow some terminally ill adults to end their own lives. But there are requirements.
