What really bugged me
The scabies mite has eight legs, is half the size of a pinhead and causes unbearable itching - not to mention social embarrassment. But when Clare Seeber became infected it was her sceptical doctors who got under her skin.
Nature’s pharmacy
Andrew Purvis: Long before the Andrex puppy made it famous - by promoting a brand of moist, herbal toilet paper providing "an extra level of care for all the family" (whatever that means) - aloe vera was known to be good for bottoms.
Warning: too tubby tots face lifetime of obesity
'Early infancy is a critical period in establishing obesity and the first few months of life should be a special focus of intervention'.
Can you catch Parkinson’s?
Michael J Fox was startlingly unlucky to develop 'the shaking palsy' at such a young age. Now three people who worked with him on a sitcom during the 70s have revealed they also have the disease. Is there a link? Lucy Atkins investigates.