Zen and the art of keeping the NHS bill under control
Madeleine Bunting: Jon Kabat-Zinn is widely credited as the man who brought Zen Buddhism to the masses. Now he's bringing it to Downing Street
Autism: inside the brain bank
World Autism Day is on 2 April and new funding is in place to research the causes of the condition. But the programme now desperately needs tissue donors
Surviving prostate cancer: a prostate surgeon’s story
Professor Roger Kirby is one of the world's leading prostate surgeons. So when he developed prostate cancer last year he knew exactly what he was up against. He tells Simon Garfield about his operation – and life as a patient
High-fibre diet can cut stroke risk, scientists claim
Research finds every 7g increase in daily fibre cuts risk of first-time stroke by 7%
The placebo effect is present in every medical intervention
Philippa Perry: The western concept of an autonomous self does not account for how a doctor's beliefs can influence the patient's health
Britain ponders ‘three-person embryos’ to combat genetic diseases
If given green light, British scientists would be the first to offer treatments letting babies be born with DNA from three people
Breastfeeding problems rarely lead to serious illness, study shows
Breastfed babies admitted to hospital with dehydration or weight loss rarely suffered serious damage, researchers find
Antibiotic resistance: why we must win the war against superbugs
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill far more people each year globally than terrorism. Why are we losing the battle against them, asks one doctor
Mers coronavirus: is this the next pandemic?
Last September a doctor in a Saudi hospital was fired for reporting a new, deadly strain of the coronavirus. Now, with half of all confirmed cases ending in death, the World Health Organisation has issued a global alert and scientists are preparing for the worst
The electronic tattoo that can monitor patient symptoms remotely
Scientists have developed a flexible circuit board that can be printed directly on to skin to transmit data back to a doctor