Working on the go
Open thread: American companies are using activity monitoring gadgets to get their employees to exercise more. Would you wear one?
Colour blindness breakthrough in gene therapy experiment
Scientists cure colour-blind monkeys, raising hopes of a cure for a range of genetic eye disorders in humans
Sharp reminder
What lessons can the UK learn from the US mass vaccination programme for swine flu in 1976, asks Peter Washer
Now you see it, now you don’t
Pictures of models and celebrities are routinely altered to rid them of every 'flaw'. So much so, that when a woman with a tummy appeared in a US fashion magazine it attracted global attention. Could the airbrushers' days finally be numbered?
Taxes on heavily-sweetened foods should be raised, study suggests
Research group's report calls for state and local governments to take action against obesity
Weightloss pill investigated for liver damage
Slimming drug, sold over the counter as Alli, investigated in the US after 32 reports of serious liver injury
Dying for affordable healthcare — the uninsured speak
Ed Pilkington travels to Quindaro, Kansas, to see how the poorest survive without healthcare provision
Popcorn and cereals – the new superfoods?
Scientists discover surprisingly high levels of health-boosting antioxidants in 'junk' food
This NHS row is paralysing progress
Zack Cooper: The US and UK should stop focusing on what's wrong with each other's healthcare and work out what they can teach each other