Pumarosa’s Isabel Munoz-Newsome: ‘I didn’t get a smear test because I was embarrassed. Stupid’
Just as her band broke through and began a European tour, the singer was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She talks about her dramatic year
Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich review – wise words on real wellness
The author and activist’s sharp critique of what she calls an ‘epidemic of overdiagnosis’ is a joyous celebration of life
Tony Parsons: ‘The first half of my 20s was screaming madness’
The author, 64, talks about how yoga is intimidating for men, why everyone needs a personal trainer and how his 40s brought him more stability
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: ‘It is, strangely, acceptable to mock and demonise teenagers’
The neuroscientist, who has written a book on the teenage brain, on the turmoil of adolescence and whether mindfulness can help
Brainstorm: Detective Stories from the World of Neurology; Unthinkable: The World’s Strangest Brains – review
Books by Suzanne O’Sullivan and Helen Thomson offer fascinating insights into the ‘maverick brain’ and rare mental conditions
Paul Gambaccini: ‘After overcoming a couple of periods of turmoil in my life, I appreciate the things I love’
Live every day to the fullest – and skip dessert, says the radio presenter, 68
Time for change: Anne Enright on Ireland’s abortion referendum
In the coming weeks, voters in Ireland will have the chance to repeal the eighth amendment, which recognises the equal rights to life of a foetus and the mother during pregnancy. We must send a message to the world, the author declares
What can we learn about our wellbeing from memoirs of ill health?
Simon Gray, Christopher Hitchens, Joan Didion ... some of the most vivid memoirs have been accounts of illness. But what can they teach us about being well?
Strap on your sleep pack! The trippy VR show that takes you to dreamland
After a bedtime story with a giant teddy, you fly with geese and cross rickety rope bridges. Our writer steps into the world of Somnai
Female-dominated Wellcome book prize shortlist spans Victorian surgery and modern Nigeria
Titles vying for £30,000 award for books on health and medicine include Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s novel Stay With Me and Sigrid Rausing’s memoir Mayhem