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Fear of missing out has a more anxious sibling, and could stop you going to social events – or buying your Christmas turkey. Here’s what is behind fear of better options
How to save the NHS… by five bestselling medical memoirists
With medical memoirs now the hottest ticket in publishing, we asked five acclaimed authors for their views on the crisis in the NHS
Oncologist Azra Raza: ‘Don’t give up hope. Don’t give in to despair’
The Columbia professor on taking healthcare out of the stone age, her ideas for cancer prevention – and why getting too close to patients is an occupational hazard
Heather Ashton obituary
Psychopharmacologist who started a clinic for people addicted to tranquillisers and wrote a manual on how to quit them safely
50 years of pickup artists: why is the toxic skill still so in demand?
Teaching men how to approach women they don’t know is a $100m industry. But does it help men find their dream mate - or just encourage street harassment?
Ultrarunning, prison, surviving Aids … the best tales of endurance
From Shackleton in the Antarctic to Edmund White on the Aids crisis, Emily Chappell rounds up stories of survival
How the focus and joy of writing a novel helped me overcome my PTSD
Breathing life into my characters made me want to live fully again, and finishing the final draft gave me a profound sense of fulfilment
When the pope offers writing advice, should you listen?
You can’t blame the pontiff for pontificating, but his tips annoyed me
Top 10 books about the night
From Shakespeare and Brontë to ‘nightwalking’ guides, nature writer Tiffany Francis-Baker sheds some light on her favourite books about the dark
The Undying and Notes Made While Falling review – how to write about being ill
Beyond the horrific surgery stories ... Anne Boyer and Jenn Ashworth innovate with form in their remarkable books about the experience and business of illness