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.

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.

‘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.

Light at the end of the tunnel …

Unlocking the human genome opened a door to ending disease, scientists claimed four years ago. David Adam asks what, if any, progress has been made so far.