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.

Loren Mosher

Obituary: US psychiatrist whose non-drug treatments helped his patients.

Frank Honigsbaum

An expert on the National Health Service, he was a leading medical historian who campaigned for reform in Britain and the US.

Celibacy and the city

John O'Farrell: A movement called the Silver Ring Thing are promoting the idea that young people should not have sexual relations before marriage, which is an inversion of the usual British tradition of abstaining from sex after marriage.