Can my child’s peanut allergy be cured?
Luisa Dillner: Researchers think they may have found a key to a cure for this potentially life-threatening condition. For now, though, it’s imperative that parents continue to follow recommended guidelines
Do common drugs really cause dementia?
Dean Burnett: Media reports of a recent study suggesting a wide variety of common drugs can increase the chances of getting dementia are more sensationalism than science
Partners can worsen childbirth pains for the intimacy-averse, study finds
Psychologists find that women who need less closeness in their relationships feel more pain when accompanied by their partner
Prenatal blueprints give an early glimpse of a baby’s developing brain
Innovative research is allowing us to see neural activity in a baby’s brain as it develops inside the womb, writes Vaughan Bell
Bad luck, bad journalism and cancer rates
GrrlScientist: Please, journalists, get a clue before you write about science
Phthalates risk damaging children’s IQs in the womb, US researchers suggest
Additives found in plastics and scented products could affect brain development and lower IQ
Better care urged for pregnant women with mental health problems – study
Deaths from indirect causes such as suicide have remained constant despite overall fall in maternal mortality rate
You can’t detox your body. It’s a myth. So how do you get healthy?
There’s no such thing as ‘detoxing’. In medical terms, it’s a nonsense. Diet and exercise is the only way to get healthy. But which of the latest fad regimes can really make a difference? We look at the facts
Face blindness – when you can’t recognise a familiar face
In this winning essay for the Wellcome Trust science writing prize, Kate Szell reports on research into prosopagnosia – face blindness
My fight to save my daughter’s skin
Sharmila and James Collins have four daughters – Sohana, the eldest, is 12 and has never known a day without pain. She has EB, a rare, agonising skin condition, and her mother has devoted herself to fundraising to boost research into a cure that will help all children born with it