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.
Albert Ellis
Obituary: Influential American psychologist who led the revolution in cognitive therapy.
Pregnancy stories: natural birth in the Big Apple
New Yorker Claire Bosch Griffiths wanted her birth to be 100% natural