Eva wanted the morning-after pill after a sexual assault. Confronting pharmacy questions left her ‘frustrated’

Questionnaire used by some pharmacies contravenes best-practice guidelines and is potentially causing patients harm

The business of silence: is there a hidden cost to noise cancelling?

Headphone and earplug sales are booming, but individual efforts to turn down the volume may alter our brains and surrounds in unexpected ways

I feel too excited to sleep and too exhausted to wake up. How can I fix this cycle?

Changing a habit can be slow and nonlinear, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. And self-flagellation won’t help

How early is too early to be discharged from hospital after giving birth?

A longer post-birth stay in the wards could help many mothers, even if research remains inconclusive

‘I feel like I’ve missed out’: has working from home thrown the gen Zs out with the water cooler?

The decline of the daily commute has been good for most but entering the workforce without ever working in an office can be challenging

‘Western arrogance’: how the wellness movement co-opted an Amazon frog toxin with deadly effects

Kambo, a secretion used in tribal cleansing ceremonies, has been implicated in deaths worldwide and experts are sounding the alarm

‘Pushed into humanity’: can learning about storytelling make better doctors?

Narrative medicine encourages doctors to engage more deeply with patients by listening to their stories

How the perils of mountain biking helped me cope with my brain tumour diagnosis

Hurtling down trails on two wheels might not be the most obvious way to cope with a life-changing news but for Tracey Croke it helped her find inner peace

In the year since I quit social media, my screen time has fallen, my mood is up – even my resting heart rate is lower

A snap decision to step away has become a lifestyle shift for Philippa Moore. Though keeping up with friends can be tricky, she has no regrets

I started running during lockdown and still hate it – what counts is I do it anyway

It feels good to be fit but the gift of fitness isn’t to make exercise pleasurable, it’s to make impossible things achievable