Julius Axelrod
Obituary: Nobel laureate whose revolutionary biochemical researches helped to create the new pharmacology.
Death on doctor’s orders
Euthanasia campaigners are hailing Oregon's right-to-die law as a blueprint for Britain.
Life and death of a hero
Paralysed from the neck down after a riding accident, Christopher Reeve became a tireless campaigner for stem cell research. Some accused him of offering false hope. But it is his courage and strength of will that will be remembered, says Oliver Burkeman.
Over and out
As Bill Clinton undergoes bypass surgery, Michele Hanson wonders why it is that so many of us remain fighting fit until we retire - and then promptly descend into ill health. And David McKie explains why he will never stop work.
Fat is fabulous, insist anti-diet protesters
Backlash against the thin ideal condemns diets and calls for end to discrimination.
Loren Mosher
Obituary: US psychiatrist whose non-drug treatments helped his patients.