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Progress review: contraception use among adolescent girls

Giving young women access to birth control is a global public health priority. Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli reviews the challenges that remain and the projects changing the odds for girls

Lifestyle changes contributing to ill health in China

Pollution, poor diet and stress are causing health problems in world's most populous country despite health reforms and affordable healthcare, says Jo Adetunji

Universal healthcare: 14 steps in the right direction

From innovative financing to national income surveys, our expert panel offer some important lessons in developing affordable and sustainable universal health coverage

Universal healthcare: how are we going to afford it?

The goal of providing health coverage for everyone has the backing of a UN resolution, but how should it be financed? Join our panel debate, Thursday, 28 March at 1pm GMT

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  • The perfect morning routine: how to build a happy, healthy start to the day – from showers to sunshine
  • The secrets of the body clock: how to tune into your natural rhythms – and have a better day
  • ‘Emerge from misty woods above a sea of clouds’: readers’ favourite UK winter walks
  • My weirdest Christmas: on Boxing Day I vomited in the sink – and began to suspect I had a mysterious condition
  • Don’t fret the first night and nap if you need: how to sleep well, away from home
  • Crunch time: are freeze-dried fruit and veg actually healthy to eat or just chips in a different form?
  • Prosecutions for strangulation in England and Wales increase sixfold in three years
  • Is it true that … you can sweat out a hangover?
  • ‘I’m going to scream!’: how to survive (and maybe even enjoy) your family Christmas
  • ‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
  • I threw a potato. Mum brandished a knife … would whole-family therapy save our Christmas?
  • ‘She was like a deer in headlights’: how unskilled radical birthkeepers took hold in Canada
  • Sport, music, Scouts … it’s time to end the relentless treadmill of kids’ extracurricular activities and re-embrace civilisation
  • How to eat, drink and be merry – while pregnant – at Christmas
  • UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims
  • The Divided Mind by Edward Bullmore review – do we finally know what causes schizophrenia?
  • Worried about winter? 10 ways to thrive – from socialising to Sad lamps to celebrating the new year in April
  • ‘Lonely, terrifying and scary’: 70% of students in UK university halls feel isolated, poll shows
  • The 175 best holiday gift ideas for 2025, vetted by the Guardian US staff
  • New antibiotics hailed as ‘turning point’ in treating drug-resistant gonorrhoea
  • Endings are hard, but facing them helps us to heal
  • The one change that worked: sharing ‘accountability’ notes has made life better for both of us
  • ‘Oysters are a risk, as is raw meat’: why you get food poisoning – and how to avoid it
  • ‘I feel shrink-wrapped’: the reluctant rise of shapewear for men
  • House Republicans propose healthcare plan with no extension of tax credits
  • Friday briefing: How the Free Birth Society’s ​philosophy ​contributed to a ​preventable ​death
  • Senate rejects dual healthcare bills as Obamacare tax credits expiration nears
  • One in five women in England say their concerns were ignored during childbirth, survey finds
  • The best experience gifts in the UK for Christmas, tried and tested, from life-drawing to wizard tea
  • Is it a good idea to have a hot toddy when you’re sick?
  • Parasite cleanses: why are so many people obsessed with intestinal worms?
  • Could a drug for narcolepsy change the world?
  • Is it true that… you should take vitamin C when you’ve got a cold?
  • The truth about the ‘gender care gap’: are men really more likely to abandon their ill wives?
  • The best UK Christmas gifts for dads (that aren’t whisky or novelty socks)
  • ‘It’s absolute anarchy’: Oxygen therapy chambers have led to horrific deaths. Why are Maha elite raving about them?
  • Death of Irish mother in ‘free birth’ reveals how poor maternity care is pushing women towards extreme influencers
  • It’s entirely reasonable to be in awe of surgeons – but patients need someone they can talk to
  • Magazine Dreams review – powerful bodybuilding drama dogged by star Jonathan Majors’ assault conviction
  • Victoria could become first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgery on intersex children
  • Is it true that … a glass of wine a day is good for your heart?
  • Reciting the names of the dead: how Australia’s response to HIV/Aids was emotionally – and politically – powerful
  • If toxic humility is a thing, I definitely have it. But perhaps there’s another way
  • Does ‘laziness’ start in the brain?
  • Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, experts say
  • I want to become a single mum, but feel envious of peers with partners
  • ‘I tried to capture her inner world – but couldn’t’: Tom de Freston on painting his wife pregnant and nude
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