Nintendo eye cures, electric shock cancer therapy and fat-busting pills. These are just a few of London's latest breakthrough medical treatments, says Sophie Goodchild
Dr Christian Jessen: A story on a potential new type of male contraception has caused much mirth this week
Ten minutes: Yep, London Marathon time is fast approaching. If you're taking part you'll be well into your training by now, if you're not, you should be if you want to finish faster than the two guys running in the pantomime cow suit
Vital signs: With serious illness desperation leads to vulnerability, and this is where the cowboys come in, promising the world, charging lots, but delivering little
What nobody wants in January is to look as if they're going out - or indeed that they have been out the night before. This is the month to stay home and look fresh-faced. For skin and make-up that means scrubbing up
For a new fat-fighting series, Channel 4 has recruited four of London's oddest personal trainers. Jasmine Gardner steeled herself for a weird workout
They're sniffing at the office, hacking in the Tube and sneezing all the way to the next party. Dr Christian Jessen gives his guide to surviving winter
germ warfare
Vital signs: New research has revealed that men are perhaps much more emotionally fragile than we previously thought
It's not too late to pick up a voucher for an indulgent beauty treatment. Victoria Stewart rounds up our top recommendations of 2011