Demolishing the wall
On the final countdown to the report on the Bristol babies scandal
‘This won’t hurt a bit…’
Or will it? Does the medical profession really know how treatment is going to affect you? Luisa Dillner found a big difference between what her doctor told her to expect - and what she actually experienced. But now there' s a way to find out what you are really up against.
The pin that burst the bubble
It was our big chance to make some real headway in the crusade against HIV and Aids. But we blew it
Staring into the abyss
Relatives of people with Alzheimer's may have a much higher risk of developing it themselves, new research suggests. Sarah Ebner on what it is like to care for a sufferer - while wondering if you are next
Is anybody out there?
More and more of our children are being diagnosed as autistic, though experts cannot agree on why it is happening. Are we getting better at spotting the signs earlier - or on the brink of an epidemic?
Doctors’ disorders
Tim Radford revisits a dark age of quacks and quips in Bodies Politic: Disease, Death and Doctors in Britain 1650-1900 by Roy Porter