Is brain training really the best way to boost your IQ?
Emine Saner: According to a new American study, computer-based brain training can improve IQ beyond becoming better at practised tasks
‘Once upon a time, mommy had a tummy tuck …’
Zoe Williams: A children's book written for four to seven year olds about extensive plastic surgery entitled My Beautiful Mommy, is to be published in the US
Eco-mom: here to save the world!
Middle-class mothers in the US are embracing environmental activism. But, says Zoe Williams, they have some pretty strange ideas about what it actually involves
Health of nations
Kate Sheppard: Our measures of wellbeing fail to account for income inequality, environmental degradation and poor quality of life. It's time for a change.
‘Being a pregnant man? It’s incredible’
Is it a miracle? A hoax? Or just tragedy in the making? Patrick Barkham on the frenzy surrounding the US transgender man reported to be expecting a baby girl
The quack who puts modern health gurus to shame
Ben Goldacre: What will our modern gurus will end up with, when the cheques are all cashed, and the companies fold?
We all know Botox is stupid. Now it looks as if it can kill, too
Zoe Williams: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has had reports of 16 fatalities linked to injections of Botox and a similar product
Drug giant makes $4bn settlement in Vioxx case
The American pharmaceutical giant Merck today agreed to one of the biggest payouts in US history over its failed arthritis painkiller, Vioxx.
Expensive and divisive: how America is losing patience with a failing system
Onus on workers to buy health insurance as rising costs force firms to end perk.