Bottoms bring up the rear in suntan time trials

Study shows some body parts are more sensitive to the sun's damaging effects than others

Sniffing device allows paralysed woman to communicate

The woman used the revolutionary device, which is controlled by sniffing, to write a letter to her children

Don’t let the phoney melanoma scare keep you out of the sun

Response: There are many good reasons why we won't – and shouldn't – give up our tan, says Sam Shuster

My favourite medical graphic novels

Cian O'Luanaigh lists the best – though often harrowing – medical comics and graphic novels

Forget homeopathy, doctors need to make up their minds about placebos

Doctors have made their views about homeopathy clear, but their position on whether placebos should be knowingly prescribed is distinctly vague

EEG test may help predict who will develop schizophrenia, claims scientist

Information from an EEG test could allow doctors to identify people at high risk of a mental disorder. They could then be treated pre-emptively

Pregnant women who drink alcohol may reduce the sperm count of sons

Expecting mothers who consumed more than 4.5 alcoholic drinks a week were more likely to have sons with lower sperm counts

Being overweight doubles the risk of miscarriage after IVF

Doctors have found the first clear evidence that overweight women face a heightened risk of miscarriage after undergoing IVF

Henrietta Lacks: the mother of modern medicine

How did cells taken from a poor black woman in 1951 come to unlock some of the biggest advances in science?

No link to child cancer from phone masts, finds study

Imperial College London researchers dismiss connection between living near mobile phone masts while pregnant and increased risk of cancer among children