America stirs up a sugar rebellion
As magnates lobby the White House,the US refuses to back the WHO in the fight to reduce obesity, report Jo Revill and Paul Harris.
The sacred facts of life
Karen Armstrong: The religious right must not be allowed to hijack the abortion issue.
Deadly disease heads for California
The West Nile virus (WNV) epidemic is growing as it continues its march westwards across the US, public-health experts announced this week.
So George, how do you feel about your mom and dad?
Psychologist Oliver James analyses the behaviour of the American president.
Is ugliness a disease?
New medical treatments for 'conditions' such as short stature or anxiety are sweeping America. But it's society, not the patient, which is ill, says Carl Elliott.
Terry talks
In 1984, 19-year-old Terry Wallis crashed his car and fell into a coma from which doctors said he would never wake up. But his mother refused to give up on him and last month her faith was repaid when he spoke his first word - 'mum'. Suzanne Goldenberg went to the Ozark mountains in Arkansas to meet him