Chronic pain: the search for a killer
Millions live with chronic pain, but medicine has had little luck finding cures. Could a new range of painkillers give them hope at last, writes Robin McKie
Detox: flushing out poison or absorbing dangerous claptrap?
The alternative-medicine version of detox has real-world side-effects that outweigh its imaginary benefits
Vitamin pills can lead you to take health risks
Ben Goldacre: Trials show that people who think they've done something healthy, even if they haven't, smoke more and believe they are invulnerable to diseases
Mapping the body: the temple
It's the thinnest part of the skull, and also an area prone to skin cancer
Benefits of daily exercise are comparable to giving up smoking
Researchers estimate that persuading inactive people to take up light, daily exercise could have a similar effect on a population's mortality rates as a smoking cessation programme
Adding caffeine to sunscreen could guard against skin cancer
Caffeine may help protect against some skin cancers by promoting the destruction of cells damaged by sunlight
Let’s dispel the doubts – breast cancer screening saves lives
Response: If the disease is caught early, treatment options are less aggressive and more likely to be successful, says Chris Askew
Man, 40, becomes first Briton allowed home with artificial heart
Father of one Matthew Green returns to family life with plastic organ and external hydraulic unit as he waits for donor heart
Colonic irrigation: is it dangerous?
A new study review suggests the popular procedure may do more harm than good
Flu vaccine based on ‘super-antibody’ could prevent all pandemic strains
Scientists have discovered an antibody that can tackle every strain of influenza A, the virus responsible for flu pandemics