Shape up with Condi
How does the world's most powerful woman stay in shape? By hitting the gym at 4.30am every day. Julian Borger on the exercise regime Condoleezza Rice shared with the world.
New Yorkers in grip of diabetes epidemic
· 800,000 have disease that proves threat across world
· Immigrants most at risk thanks to American diet
Super green me
Alex Jamieson was the woman who helped Morgan Spurlock back to health after he ate nothing but McDonald's. Now she wants to detox the world, finds Hannah Pool.
US doctors prepare for first human face transplant
· Clinic to select patient after getting go-ahead · Critics warn of serious mental and medical risks
‘Editing’ technique can rewrite genes
Scientists at a company in California have developed a potentially revolutionary technique to permanently rewrite any gene in the human body, offering hope of a cure to many with inherited diseases.
The myth of dying
Polly Toynbee: In the cacophony of debate about insignificant things, the torture of unassisted death goes on unremarked.