News

Making a difference

UK medical students have published unreleased government plans to restrict failed asylum seekers' access to medical care, reports Christopher Hands

Editorials

Doctors' complicity with torture

It is time for sanctions, says Steven H Miles

Life

Prison health care

Losing your freedom shouldn't mean losing your health, says Clare Shakespeare

The dangers of facebook

Neil Graham and Philippa Moore discuss the dangers of online social networking

Careers

Working for the drug industry

Pharmaceutical medicine offers a challenging and rewarding medical career, says Stephen Jones

People

A pioneering femail surgeon

Linda De Cossart is vice president of the Royal College of Surgeons. Aliya Razaaq spoke to her

Education

Picture Quiz: Third nerve palsy

A 76 year old woman presented to the eye department with a one week history of left eye pain and drooping eyelid.

Frontiers

The month in research

A small dose of arsenic and childhood pneumonia