The fright of your life
Spiders, snakes, premature burial - Harriet Stewart faces our worst fears with Phobias: Fighting the Fear by Helen Saul and Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear by Jan Bondeson
Slow burn
Most cancers are invisible, internal. Melanomas are on show, easy to spot. And they're quickly cured, as long as they are caught in time. So how come 1,500 of us are killed by them every year? Sarah Boseley on why checking your moles regularly could save your life.
The multiple choice question
The practice of implanting three eggs at once during IVF has led to an explosion in the number of triplets. But there are serious risks involved. Sarah Boseley investigates.
Down but never out
Poetic, vital, witty - who'd have thought depression could make such an uplifting read? Andrew Solomon anatomises his breakdowns in The Noonday Demon
I’m not mad. Or am I?
Depression crept up on Andrew Solomon. His life closed in on him: he couldn't eat properly, shower, or talk to friends. Drugs helped, his father helped - but, as his acclaimed new book reveals, there was only one person who could make him feel safe from himself
Take my breath away
It can destroy your personal life and your confidence - and it's all in your mind, not your mouth. Sarah Ebner reports on halitophobia - the irrational fear of having bad breath.
Monitoring new drugs
New drugs may have side effects which - at worst - kill. So why not change how they are monitored?
When one becomes two
It took 84 hours to separate Ganga and Jamuna, who were born joined at the head. As the fight to save them continues, John Aglionby meets the surgical team in Singapore.
Get out of that
Psychotherapist Adam Phillips brings out the escape artist in us all in Houdini's Box