Tender ones at risk

Children face increasing threat from garden pesticides

Malachite green: a carcinoge

Dial in a headache

A study shows headache is more common among mobile phone users

Risky remedy

UK prohibits sale of herbal medicine with harmful side-effects

Wisdom roots

New, more palatable medicine promotes gut bacteria to prevent all food allergies

Treatment has been successfully tested in mice

Cholesterol drug sold over-the-counter has dangerous side-effects

Niacin can cause bleeding and infection in the gut and brain

Children of Chernobyl

The nightmare is not over yet

Counteractive

Do mosquito repellents have adverse health effects?

PATENT TROUBLES

Untamed bacteria

UK's efforts to control antibiotic-resistant bacteria fails

Yar Tsa Gumba

A miraculous mushroom, over-exploited, is on the brink of extinction

Pickle, tea and a spice

Weeds of fortune

World Health Assembly to discuss reforms

Health activists push for funds with no strings attached

The ideal gap

A two-and-a-half-year gap is ideal between births for the health of the babies

Asthma at home

What's cooking tonight?

Cooking smoke can increase the risk of catching tuberculosis

Sounds bad!

Finishing touches

Ayurvedic massage can reduce body's toxin levels by 58 per cent

Dying practice

Lack of medicinal plants forces village doctors out of trade

Against the grain

Ayurveda: Hurdles of practising traditional medicine are limiting its potential

Medical pluralism can potentially help achieve universal health coverage

Clinical trials for Ebola drug begin in Liberia

The drug was originally developed for other viruses

Stem cell breakthrough gets Nobel in medicine

British scientist John B Gurdon and his Japanese counterpart Shinya Yamanaka honoured