Health

Health information online

The amount of health information online is daunting, but there are ways you can check if a site is reliable and accurate.

So how do you tell trustworthy health information sites from those without genuine expertise?

• BBC Health: Health information online
• Health care services

Panorama: Tax the fat

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Britain is the fattest nation in Europe, and it's slowly killing us. So is it time to tax the fat?

Would putting up the price of junk food, high in sugar and fat, cut obesity rates in the same way as a tax on cigarettes has helped reduce smoking?

• Panorama: Tax the fat
• BBC Health: Your weight

Don't Call Me Stupid

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Actress Kara Tointon dreams about reading a novel cover to cover. Standing in the way is her dyslexia.

In this intimate documentary, Kara is tested and undergoes specialist help, meeting other young dyslexics, many of whom share her experience of feeling 'stupid'.

• BBC Three: Kara Tointon - Don't Call Me Stupid
• BBC Health: Dyslexia
• Ouch! The dyslexia factor

Diabetes

Diabetes occurs because the body can't use glucose properly, either owing to a lack of the hormone insulin, or because the insulin available doesn't work effectively.

There are more than 2 million people in the UK who have the condition, and up to 750,000 more are believed to have it without realising.

• BBC Health: Diabetes