The Chinese way
Five thousand ways to a better quality of life.
Second wind
A project teaching asthmatic primary pupils to play musical instruments has seen a remarkable improvement in their health and attendance. Mark Lupton reports.
Extra funding channelled into disease treatment
Extra money for medical research unveiled in the budget will be used to improve treatments for Alzheimer's disease, strokes, diabetes and mental illness and new medicines for children, the health secretary said today.
DNA analysis will cut breast chemotherapy
Microarray allows personalised cancer treatment.
Tim Lang: eating his words
The seasoned campaigner against GM and obesity tells John Crace why the government is finally taking food policy seriously.
The riddle of the drug regulators
Critics press for review of licensing system.
I was not a lab rat
A new book has rekindled old rumours that renowned psychologist BF Skinner used his baby daughter in his experiments. Stop this rubbish about me and my dad, says Deborah Skinner Buzan.
Let’s look at those tests again
Vivienne Parry finds that even classic medical research can be based on a one size fits all attitude, as scientists challenge landmark heart study.