Going for the burn
In some parts of Britain, skin cancer rates are now higher than in Australia. And all because we just love to be brown ... Oliver Burkeman on our unhealthy obsession with tanning.
Testing, testing
It started with pregnancy kits 20 years ago and now you can buy home diagnosis tests for dozens of ailments, from cancer to high cholesterol. They are certainly handy, but should we trust them, asks Joanna Moorhead.
DNA damage from eating red meat linked to cancer
· Harmful compounds raise risk of bowel disease · Volunteers fed diet heavy in beef and pork
Can you catch cancer?
In the early 1980s, US doctors began to notice a strange phenomenon. A rare form of cancer, once confined to elderly Jewish men in Europe, was suddenly cropping up among young gay men. The explanation? By catching a new virus, called HIV, they were also developing cancer. Now doctors believe that other infections, even simple coughs and colds, can trigger everything from childhood leukaemia to cervical cancer. Should we be worried? Sarah Boseley investigates.