Food supplements ‘improve’ learning ability
Food supplements may prompt enormous improvement in
the educational abilities
of children with learning difficulties, a study has
found.
I’m not convinced – but I’m open to suggestion
Hypnosis has long been the preserve of crooks and cranks, but does it really work? Robin Waterfied tries to reclaim mesmerism as a respectable pursuit in Hidden Depths
Older but not wiser
Time to face the facts on ageing.
Estranged from death
Giles Fraser: We need to regain our sense of place in the world, not use costly technology to increase life spans artificially.
A question of colour
When making a diagnosis, should a doctor take into account a patient's race? Yes, says the controversial US doctor Sally Satel.
Alternative medicine is practically mainstream now – should we cheer?
Anne Karpf: A short history of medicine. "I have earache..." 2000BC: Here, eat this root. 1000AD: That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer. 1850AD: Prayer is superstition...
Land of the fat
Obesity kills 300,000 people a year in America and is the nation's number-one health hazard. Nowhere is this more true than in Mississippi, where food is cheap and exercise unheard of. Matthew Engel visits the heaviest state of a country that is in danger of busting the scales.