Grapefruit diet ‘blood clot risk’

Grapefruit affected absorption of medication in a US woman - leading to a potentially fatal blood clot, doctors say.

Brain scan ‘could diagnose PTSD’

Scientists say they are moving ever closer to being able to diagnose Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with a brain scanner.

China arrest over tainted blood

Police in China arrest the head of a hospital where 64 people were infected with hepatitis C after blood transfusions.

Punjab disability ‘uranium link’

Tests on children with cerebral palsy or mental disabilities in the Indian state of Punjab reveal high levels of uranium.

Dignitas defends assisted suicide

The founder of Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas tells the BBC that suicide is a "marvellous possibility".