Can fresh fruit really help you beat cancer?

More and more cancer patients are turning down radiation and chemotherapy in favour of a vitamin-rich diet. Doctors have relied on drugs and surgery for too long, brushing aside the importance of feeding patients properly writes Carmen Wheatley.

Hoist by his own polemic

Steven Pinker's invective against Marxists, feminists and all those who think they can change human minds in The Blank Slate is entertaining, but is it justified?

Slim hope

Anorexia, as Kate Chisholm explains in Hungry Hell, has been with us for centuries. So why don't we understand it better?

Fruit cure for cancer?

Former world champion biker Barry Sheene has rejected orthodox cancer treatments in favour of natural remedies. Diane Taylor on the main alternatives to traditional medicine.

I know just how you feel

Scientists have identified the 412 facial expressions that mean the same thing wherever you go. Dea Birkett reports.

Obesity ‘increases risk of cancer’

The sedentary, screenwatching, fast food eating culture of our times, which leads to excess weight gain, is putting people at risk of cancer, according to a leading medical journal.