The worm that turned on Ghana
Plans to eradicate a very nasty disease that should have been vanquished long ago have suffered a major setback, writes Sarah Left.
Regulator queries safety of anti-flu drug
US safety regulators have recommended adding a safety warning to the anti-flu drug Tamiflu after reports of 12 deaths and psychiatric symptoms among users in Japan.
The unsporting life
Why aren't more British Asian women bending it like Beckham, wonders Urmee Khan.
Transsexual expert ‘put patients at risk’
The UK’s best known gender psychiatrist gave patients sex-change treatments without evidence they were genuinely transsexual, an inquiry heard today. The General Medical Council disciplinary hearing into consultant psychiatrist Dr Russell Reid was told that he repeatedly put patients at … Continue reading
Second class delivery
A controversial study in 2000 recommended caesareans for breech births. But is the move to surgical intervention really best for mothers, asks Viv Groskop.
The high price of American beauty
The cosmetic surgery industry is booming as even young women go under the knife.
America’s abortion battlefield
Things may not be perfect in Britain, but they are far worse in the US. Suzanne Goldenberg reports from the front line in South Dakota.