First cut off the top with its spiky green plume and then take a thin slice from the base; stand it upright. With a large knife, cut the skin downwards in wide strips. Then, with the tip of a knife,

The encouraging results from the drug called Rember, reported yesterday at a medical conference in Chicago, electrified a field battered by recent setbacks. The drug was developed by Singapore-based TauRx Therapeutics. Even if bigger, more rigorous studies show it works,

The Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey said 57 per cent of HIV-positive people said they had never taken an AIDS test while 26 per cent said they were HIV negative but later tested positive. "As many as four out of five