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Wellcome Collection was opened today by Nobel Prize winner Professor James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA ...

In 1954 a serendipitous coming together of skills and circumstances allowed the first successful organ transplant to take place. Read how Richard Herrick’s life was prolonged by his identical twin’s generosity.

'Superhuman', explores the extraordinary ways people have sought to improve, adapt and enhance their body's performance.

At a time of extreme distress, Jamila Pereira found that the faith she had relied on was failing her. Here she describes how she found other ways to begin healing and finding happiness.

The line between confession and counselling has been blurred for centuries.

When Nicole was threatened with deportation, her mental health deteriorated. Now without a job, a passport or a doctor, she depends on others to send her their leftover anxiety drugs.

Chris Miller talks about how a brain injury forced him to reassess his place in the world – physically, personally and socially.

As a new physiotherapist, Fiona Murphy quickly learned that her patients’ pain was unpredictable and very personal. But using the right words became the key to helping them.

Daisy Johnson recalls her difficult journey to being diagnosed with vaginismus, and why women are so good at turning bad things into a joke.

Researcher E K Myerson shares her moving encounters with the personal papers of artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman.

Agnes Arnold-Forster recounts her experiences of cystitis, explaining how this illness intersects with sexism, shame, and stigma from medical professionals.

The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.

Novelist Rupert Thomson explores his unusual behaviour during a time of self-imposed isolation.

The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.

When it comes to illness, sometimes the end is just the beginning. Gavin Francis argues why being given permission to recover is so important.

The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.

How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?

Visiting an injured friend in hospital prompts writer Sinéad Gleeson to reflect on the instant rapport forged between compatriots in the kingdom of the sick.

In this deeply affecting story, Michelle Elliot explores the events and emotions around the time of her mother’s medically assisted death in Canada, where the practice is legal.