Dame Sheila Sherlock
The world-class doctor who pioneered the study of liver disease has died aged 83.
Baby alarm
Lucy Atkins on the new device that will tell you exactly when you are going to give birth.
Animal instinct
Why do chimps chew on leaves that they clearly find revolting? And why do elephants risk death to extract rocks from a mountain cave in Kenya? Perhaps they know something we don't about staying healthy, says Jerome Burne.
A pox on vaccines
Parents who refuse to have children immunised are regarded as dangerous cranks - in defiance of the facts.
Wider use of aspirin urged to save more lives
Aspirin could help save a further 3,000 lives in Britain each year - 40,000 worldwide - if it was more widely used to combat disease in patients at higher risk of heart attacks and strokes, researchers said last night.
An everyday tragedy
With the steep decline in infant mortality over the past century, we have become complacent about pregnancy and childbirth. But the harsh truth, says Joanna Moorhead, is that babies still die.