James Meek
If you must drill a hole in someone's head, make sure it's worthwhile.
Consenting adults
If you have ever seen a doctor, you are being tracked. Information about you is being stored and analysed as part of a vast pool of medical data. But now this crucial area of research is under threat, warns Ben Traynor, because of moves to force medics to seek patients' permission for every study.
The crafty professor
When he helped a 60-year-old woman get pregnant, Ian Craft became Britain's most controversial IVF doctor. Now he's back in the news again. Dea Birkett meets him.
Trial and error
Medical research needs human guinea pigs. But the news this week of patients irreversibly damaged by a new treatment for Parkinson's disease has highlighted the risks. When is it worth it? Sophie Petit-Zeman reports.
Reality blues
You've got your degree - so what next? For many the loss of structure is a passport to depression, says Lyndsey Winship
Depression hits one in four adults
Students suffer alarming growth in mental health problems - just as support services are being cut.
Doctors ‘faking research work’
Journals call for GMC to crack down on fraud.