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
Coffee may protect against head and neck cancers
Drinking more than four cups of coffee a day decreases the risk of developing certain cancers, a study suggests
Homeopathy Awareness Week: Is this the homeopaths’ last stand?
Edzard Ernst: It's Homeopathy Awareness Week, but homeopaths may be about to face a final deadly assault
Q&A: The autism spectrum
Guardian health editor Sarah Boseley on understanding autism
The genetics of autism
Story tracker: Updates on the research published in Nature and sources of further information
Scientists have the genetic causes of autism in their sights
In the largest study ever into the genetics of autism, scientists have identified variations that are more common in children with the condition
Acupuncture’s painkilling secret revealed: it’s all in the twist action
Twist of a needle damages cells and triggers release of anti-inflammatory chemical adenosine, US scientists find
Acupuncture: unregulated therapy that took off in 70s Britain
Evidence for efficacy of 19th-century import hard to establish