In our push-button world of instant results and comfort, lack of control is the bogeyman

Charlie Brooker: This swine flu might mutate. It might grow fangs for all I know. It's beyond our control. Hence the fear

Up to 1.2 million could be hospitalised in Britain in event of pandemic

Guidance prepared by the Department of Health outlines the worst-case-scenario in swine flu pandemic

Swine flu is a headache for doctors

Ann Robinson: So far, the only symptom of the swine flu outbreak seen by most UK GPs is anxiety, but we could do with more guidance

Swine flu: face masks in London?

Send us your pictures of masked, flu-phobic commuters

Do masks protect against Swine flu?

John Crace: Politicians and most of the medical establishment say they are no use but one professor of virology argues that it's not quite that simple

Boots anti-wrinkle cream actually works, say researchers

First reliable clinical trial of a high street anti-ageing product shows No7 Protect and Perfect reduces wrinkles

Mexico’s swine flu fever

Tanya Huntington Hyde: Mexico City's residents have long expected the apocalypse. But no one expected swine flu

Australia’s Miss Universe contestant Stephanie Naumoska ‘too thin’

Australia's Miss Universe contest thrown into controversy as doctors label Stephanie Naumoska 'skin and bones'

Carbon emissions fuelled by high rates of obesity

Overweight causing 1bn extra tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year, say experts