Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary, will today announce that people are now free to ask their GPs about not to handover their personal details to centralized NHS database.

As per recent reports, First Scotland East bus firm has decided to back the Macmillan Cancer Support by raising funds for it. The firm will donate £1 to the charity for every journey that it makes. The initiative is aimed at raising over £20,000 for the cause.

A group of doctors and nurses are going to the Basildon Hospital in the upcoming week as part of a government evaluation into the death rates.

The group is a fragment of the Keogh Review, which is inspecting the higher than average mortality rates at 14 of the hospitals that also includes the Basildon.

As suggested by lead doctor, the government is displaying an "overly simplistic and inaccurate" image of the present burdens faced by the hospital A&E departments.

A recent analysis into the nutritional value of some selected recipes by some celebrity chefs has revealed that most of the dishes by them are very bad for health and exceeded national healthy eating benchmarks on saturated fat, sugar, fat and salt intake.

As per reports, review into high death rates at the Basildon University Hospital is expected to take place next month. It will be aimed at finding the reasons behind a large number of failures at the 14 hospital trusts and will form a part of the Keogh Review.

Sources suggested about the revolt against the Labour party that will be initiated by one of Tony Blair's leading modernizers in a key vote. The revolt is being initiated on the proposed NHS regulations. The opposition party believes the regulations will permit the companies to bid for almost every health service.

As per notifications issued by a recent study, people who drink one or more cans of soft drink a day are associated with a higher risk of diabetes in their future life than their counterparts.

It was highlighted that a can consumed per day can raise the risk of diabetes by about one-fifth in comparison to the consumption of one can per month.

Number of people affected by measles epidemic has risen to 886 in Swansea as the city is grappling with the disease. Health officials have said that they are planning a national strategy to deal with worsening condition.

As per recent reports, a medical student struggling with eating disorders died after taking banned weight-loss pills. She had bought them on internet.

Investigation into her death is midway. The body of Sarah Houston, 23, was found on September 25 last year in her room at a house where she lived with other medical students. She was in fourth year of her medical school.