South Africa pioneers HIV-positive transplants
Groundbreaking operation sees patients receive infected kidneys in surgery set to save thousands
Text messages could help turn the tide of HIV and Aids in South Africa
Project Masiluleke will send millions of text messages to increase HIV/Aids awareness, testing and treatment, reports Bobbie Johnson
Troubled in paradise
A sudden tragedy in Crete turned Cynthia Paine's life upside down
Amma, the hugging saint
Jenny Kleeman went to experience the Indian guru's embrace for herself
How to die ‘the Oregon way’
For more than 10 years, assisted suicides have been legal in Oregon. Katharine Whitehorn visits the US state that believes in death with dignity
Dalai Lama recuperates after gallstone operation
Doctors say spiritual leader is doing well after surgery
Tackling smoking after the ban
It is now compulsory for images of the health problems associated with smoking to be displayed on cigarette packets. More than a year after the ban on smoking in public places, is this the best way to encourage smokers to quit?
Death’s homework
PJ O'Rourke: I've been diagnosed with cancer – a treatable kind, but still I'm ruminating on God and mortality
All puffed out?
Jon Henley: Those living in deprived circumstances are most resistant to giving up smoking. Can they be persuaded to quit by shocking new images?
Nobel prize for medicine split between cervical cancer and HIV research
Three scientists share Nobel prize for physiology and medicine for work on the human papilloma and the discovery of the HIV virus