The Reality Of Being HIV Positive
What does it mean to be HIV positive in the UK today? One writer meets four people living with the virus to find out.
View ArticleCan India’s Urban Future Be A Healthy One?
Ill-health is the price rural Indians have to pay for seeking a better life in the city. Twenty-nine villages near Hyderabad are helping to explain why.
View ArticleAre Insects The Future Of Food?
Emily Anthes braves locusts, beetles, mealworms and more as she asks whether eating insects is the answer to feeding ever more humans and livestock.
View ArticleThe Man With The Golden Blood
Meet the donors, patients, doctors and scientists involved in the complex global network of rare – and very rare – blood.
View ArticleInside The Green School Revolution
How can we design better, "living" classrooms, places that will not only improve the lives of teachers and students, but also have less of an impact on the environment?
View ArticleWhy A 'Miracle' Drug Exists But You Can’t Have It Yet
It’s supposedly getting easier for innovative drugs for rare diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy to reach the market. So why, asks Andy Extance, is hesitancy still proving devastating to...
View ArticleBuilding Healthier Hospitals
Can the way hospitals are designed improve the experiences of staff and visitors, and even the recovery of patients?
View ArticleColor To Dye For
The basic chemistry of hair dyes has changed little over the last century, but what do we know about the risks of coloring our hair, and why do we do it?
View ArticleDeath In The Outback
Healthcare in Australia’s Aboriginal communities is hindered by a long history of racial discord between very different cultures. Georgina Kenyon discovers the story of one young woman who died in the...
View ArticleHow Do You Tell Someone That They're Dying?
How doctors learn to break bad news and how they deal with the stress and trauma, for both their patients and themselves.
View ArticleWhere There’s Smoke
A haze has periodically wafted over South-east Asia for 20 years. But despite rising public health concern, the problem remains as opaque as the smoke itself.
View ArticleScience For The People
In the 1970s, radical scientists thought they could change the world — if they could change science first.
View ArticleHunting The Silent Killer
Hepatitis C has a cure, but how do we find those who need it? Patrick Strudwick reports on one attempt to identify some of the estimated 100,000 undiagnosed people in the UK.
View ArticleThe Troubled History Of The Foreskin
Common in the U.S., rare in Europe and now championed in Africa, male circumcision is hotly debated. Jessica Wapner explores whether the gains are worth the loss.
View ArticleSex, Lives And Disability
What can disabled bodies teach us about sex, and why should we listen?
View ArticleDecisions On A Knife-Edge
Women predisposed to ovarian cancer can reduce their risk with surgery, but with it comes early menopause. To avoid this, some doctors propose delaying part of the procedure. But is this safe?
View ArticleMaking Sense Of A Miscarriage
Holly Cave wants to know why her pregnancy ended at nine weeks. There are no easy answers, but talking about miscarriage could help us change the way we think about it.
View ArticleComedy's Serious Effects
A good joke can make us laugh. But what else can it do? Meet the performers and researchers who say that comedy can change how we think and even how we act.
View ArticleMessing With Our Heads
Like many balding men, Rhodri Marsden has learned to accept losing his hair. But male stoicism and other coping strategies — from hats and wigs to dark humour — often mask deep distress, and even...
View ArticleHow Has Global Health Changed Since You Were Born?
This interactive shows how global health has progressed since the year you were born, from life expectancy to infant mortality to major medical breakthroughs.
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