Patients warned against cosmetic surgery ‘tourism’

Poll reports surge in number of people suffering post-op complications on their return home in past 18 months

‘Lab-on-a-chip’ tech for cancer test

Endoscopic technology would enable doctors to test for colorectal cancer biomarkers during internal examinations

Why I’m blogging about my cancer

Jeff Jarvis: When I got my diagnosis, my first instinct was to blog

Swine flu website overwhelmed by demand as new cases double in a week

Online diagnosis service crashes within minutes as 100,000 catch virus in England

A lot of questions before getting swine flu treatment online

National Pandemic Flu Service website can be used to obtain authority for swine flu medication

Swine flu website crashes under massive demand

Department of Health site set up to handle 4m hits an hour receives twice that figure with 2,600 a second

The website that turns your Big Mac into a gourmet dinner

Sarah Phillips: At fancyfastfood.com Erik Trinidad transforms convenience food into gourmet creations

The very fabric of society is breaking down around us. What the hell is there left to believe in?

Charlie Brooker: Right now all our faith has poured out of the old institutions, and there's nowhere left to put it. We need new institutions to believe in, and fast