Articles by subject: medicine

Briefing: Assisted dying (by Terry Pratchett, July/August 2011 ): It’s time the government gave us the right to end our lives, says Terry Pratchett
Diagnosis evil (by Caspar Melville, July/August 2011 ): Simon Baron-Cohen wants to redefine how we think of human cruelty. Caspar Melville meets him
Blood and guts (by Owen Hatherley, March/April 2011 ): Dublin Science Gallery’s latest exhibition Visceral crosses the boundaries between art and biology. Owen Hatherley pays a stomach-churning visit
Tormented Hope: Nine Hypochondriac Lives by Brian Dillon (by Louise Foxcroft, November/December 2009 ): Louise Foxcroft finds a portrait of famous hypochondriacs really hits a nerve
Editorial: Bogus treatment (by Caspar Melville, July/August 2009 ): By supporting Simon Singh we can help change Britain's chilling libel laws
End Game: Sound of silence (by Laurie Taylor, March/April 2008 ): Laurie Taylor waxes lyrical
Back from the dead? Facilitated communication and the strange case of Rom Houben (by Nicholas Pearson, Web Exclusive, November 2009): In February the BBC reported that the Belgian man who appeared to be communicating after a 23-year coma wasn't. Sceptic Nicholas Pearson was on it for us back in November
Open hearted (by Ronald Aronson, Web Exclusive, June 2011): Undergoing life-saving surgery Ronald Aronson realised that there is a force beyond ourselves giving our lives meaning. It just isn’t God