Victoria Beckham under fire over ultra skinny models in New York
Charities warn that using very young, very thin women on catwalk could exacerbate conditions of people with eating disorders
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The end of animal testing? Human-organs-on-chips win Design of the Year
They may look like humble little blocks, but these miracle devices could end animal testing, revolutionise the development of new drugs – and lead us into a world of entirely personalised medicine
Climate change threatens 50 years of progress in global health, study says
But slashing fossil fuel use also presents greatest global opportunity to improve people’s health in 21st century, says Lancet and UCL commission
Wasting water is a luxury we can no longer afford
Worrying about how much water to drink each day is misleading – our real problem is the growing shortage that threatens four billion people on Earth
Fossil fuels are the new tobacco when it comes to health risk
Letters: We call on the Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation to divest from the fossil fuel industry and show the leadership we, as future health professionals, need to bring about a healthier economy
Google teams up with health firm to develop AI surgical robots
Google believes it can enhance surgeons’ tools using technologies employed in other parts of its business, including self-driving cars