Health warning for hot days
The government will publish advice today on how to cope in a heatwave, to avoid a repetition of last year when an extra 2,0000 people died in 10 days in England alone.
Donaldson lays into ‘glamour’ of cigarettes
The chief medical officer yesterday attacked the endorsement of cigarettes by models and film stars, saying product placement in film and TV and celebrity advertising gave smoking a deceptively glamorous image. By Sarah Boseley.
World of pain
The global reach of more adventurous travel brings exposure to a host of potentially fatal diseases.
Loren Mosher
Obituary: US psychiatrist whose non-drug treatments helped his patients.
Animal activist faces ban from UK
Laboratory row hits Oxford streets as home secretary threatens US surgeon for allegedly advocating murder.
Protesters pledge dogged fight to victory
Three hundred protesters assembled in Oxford's Broad Street at the weekend in a demonstration against the university's £18m animal testing laboratory.
Heads you lose
For most of us, headaches play too regular a part in our hectic lives, says Dr John Briffa. But could taking painkillers actually make them worse?
The scandal of schools
Our children are losing out in a system that shuns creativity in the name of conformity, says Oliver James.