What’s stopping pharmacies doing more to reduce pressure on GPs?
Chemists can already provide vital services, such as the morning-after pill – but a new study shows they are being chronically underused
Is there such a thing as sugar addiction?
Given the choice, lab rats favour sugar over cocaine. Does that mean we are all hopelessly hooked – and what is eating too much sugar doing to our bodies?
Gemma Arterton reveals studio filmed her exercising to make her lose weight for role
Actor describes ‘traumatic’ experience at the hands of producers who flew out a personal trainer to Morocco and filmed her at the gym to prove she was exercising
UK medicines agency seizes HIV home-test kits over false result risk
More than 100 Hightop kits, which have not met EU regulations, seized as agency warns consumers against using them
From standup comedy classes to free massages – wellness at work goes mainstream
It’s not just corporate giants like Google that run impressive wellbeing schemes. Smaller businesses are coming up with innovative ways to keep staff happy
‘The stigma is more in my own mind’: men on using Viagra
Viagra use among men has tripled, with doctors saying there is less stigma around it. We asked readers whether they agreed
Good for the rich, bad for the poor: Trump’s healthcare plan is a lot like his tax plan
Republicans believe a health savings account will benefit many Americans. But what applies to big-screen TVs doesn’t apply to cardiac surgery
Morning-after pill apology is hard to swallow
Boots has said sorry in the row over its emergency pill, but its comments reveal how women are still judged on contraception and sex
‘It’s too expensive’: your views on the morning-after pill in the UK
Boots has refused to reduce the price of emergency contraception, despite campaigners persuading other pharmacies to drop the cost
Boots faces boycott over refusal to lower cost of morning-after pill
Tesco and Superdrug halve price of emergency contraceptive after charity campaign, but Boots retains higher price