Saying no

Mary Twomey explores some of the difficult questions around living wills and refusing treatment.

The mind's eye

Liz Parvin explains how magnets help an MRI scan look inside your brain.

Reporting back

What did we discover during our survey as part of Listen To Me, I'm A Patient?

Eat yourself fitter

Beef on the brain

Can scientists really be sure of links between CJD and BSE?

Body building

A biologist and an engineer combine efforts and set about making muscles.

Snappy solutions

Can modern medicine learn from the secrets of crocodile cures?

Dancing in space

Spinal injuries can respond to treatment given as part of dance therapy.

Wastes of space?

A former hospital head explains why it's not so simple dealing with so-called bed blockers.

An alternative vision

Could Healthy Living Centres offer a new way of health by offering prevention over cure?

The Beta solution

The story of a drug which offered hope to many: beta interferon.

Choosing the children

If you can predict - and thin out - those predisposed to disease, what does that mean? Can we balance society and genetics?

We are all God now

By placing choices that could shape life as yet uncreated in the hands of parents, science shifts theological debate. One case is the interplay between religion and genetics.

Life in a world we can shape

Picking children's characteristics in advance is a challenge for both psychology and genetics.

And now, where?

We're already doing incredible things - but what's in the future of genetic testing.

Blasphemy or science?

The use of stem cells from foetuses has changed the terms of the abortion debate. Make your own mind up on stem cell research.

Internet health check

There's a lot of health information on the net - some of it more useful than other. How can you be sure it's advice you can trust?

Ask a doctor... or nurse... or...

If you want to know, ask an expert. We subject medical specialists to  an NHS Q&A.

Suitable cases for treatment?

Complementary and Alternative Medicine comes in many forms - get to know the key features of the big five.

Facing the challenge

Nearly 70 per cent of all people wth HIV/AIDS live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Susan Fawssett introduces our exploration of the challenges of HIV AIDS.

Fitter, healthier

Will we have to change society for us all to be healthier?

Saved by the net

Can online medical networks really be lifesavers?

Sample example

Does hanging around snooker halls make you a better player? And what does this tell us about medical studies and epidemiology?

The smoking ban

Mike’s job in a smoky pub is slowly killing him. But it’s a free country… isn’t it?

Mapping the brain

Taking photos of the brain reacting to external stimuli? Discover how FMRI works.

Walk-ins wounded?

Shirley Reveley wonders if best use is being made of skilled staff in new schemes for polyclinics and walk-in centres.

Kidney bingoes?

I need money. He needs a kidney. It should be win-win. Is there a case for allowing paid organ transplants?