Cheerleading tempts pupils to exercise
In a move that will cause consternation among traditionalists, schools are turning to dance classes, yoga, and even cheerleading in an attempt to encourage sport-haters into physical exercise.
Newsreaders could be bad for your health
Watching an average day's events from around the world in a short time triggers depression, confusion, irritation, anger and anxiety, suggests a study led by Attila Szabo at Nottingham Trent University. By James Meikle.
Teen mags and soap operas to teach about sex
Teachers wrestling unsuccessfully with a banana and a condom are being replaced in some schools by teen magazines and TV dramas such as Footballers' Wives in a bid to demystify sex and relationships. By Lucy Ward.
Medical research ‘stifled by rules’
A 'catastrophic' increase in bureaucracy from new European regulations has slowed the pace of medical research in the UK and will make academics reliant on funding from the pharmaceutical industry, researchers have warned.
Don’t blame fast food, television or the car – fat is a technological issue
Ashley Seager: We've long blamed television for turning us into a nation of couch potatoes but now the dismal science is weighing in with the idea that it is technology, rather than a change in tastes or the growth of fast food restaurants, that is the cause of obesity.
‘I don’t know how it works’
Dr Huang Hongyun cultivates the cells of aborted foetuses and injects them into the brains and spines of his patients. His method is controversial, but his results have led hundreds of westerners to his Beijing surgery. Jonathan Watts was given unprecedented access to the doctor and his patients.
Fraser Brockington
Obituary: Pioneering public health in practice and theory.