Norman Heatley

Key member of the team that took penicillin from laboratory discovery to mass-produced wonder drug.

Schools will teach benefits of slim eating

Cookery clubs and tuck shops enrolled in battle against obesity.

£2m drive for healthier tuck

School tuck shops and vending machines are to be stripped of junk food under a £2 million drive to tackle child obesity fuelled by unhealthy snacking.

Animal lab challenged

Two animal welfare groups are challenging the government's backing of a £32m research laboratory which will use monkeys in research on Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other incurable diseases.

Health check

Bedside Stories, Michael Foxton's account of life as a junior doctor, makes Phil Whitaker chuckle

Pull yourself together!

Blake Morrison is not impressed by Frank Furedi's Therapy Culture, a critique of the modern world that harks back to a supposed 'golden age' of the stiff upper lip