Be your own therapist? Fine – if you’re up to the job
We should be wary of any suggestion that self-help could replace therapy, writes Mark Brown
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
UK families could get money off shopping bills if they hit exercise goals
NHS ‘healthy towns’ scheme could offer rewards such as free cinema tickets in attempt to reduce lifestyle-related illnesses
NHS maternity wards in England forced to close 382 times last year
Figures obtained by Labour reveal ‘appalling’ treatment of women, largely due to staff shortages and lack of beds and cots
Government cuts ‘leave sexual health services at tipping point’
With demand rising, councils say patients face longer waits to see a specialist and efforts to tackle outbreaks could be hit
Cheers! Drinking’s good for us again – but can the medical hype be trusted?
Blind faith in scientific health claims – and headlines – can be dangerous, especially given the growing menace of online self-diagnosis, writes Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Yoga in the office? Firms should help us stay well, says public health chief
Yoga clubs, ‘walking meetings’ and standing desks are among the strategies small and medium-sized companies should adopt, according to Duncan Selbie
Our public health guardians have been asleep at the wheel as vaginal mesh tragedy unfolds
We diminish the tragedy by characterising the cases as unrepresentative of typical outcomes, but we must admit our current system has failed us
Senior doctors call for public inquiry into use of vaginal mesh surgery in UK
Experts draw comparisons with the thalidomide scandal as they reveal that traumatic complications are more common than official figures suggest
Blood contamination has killed 2,400. Why was this disaster ignored for so long?
Diana Johnson has long been calling for justice over the NHS’s worst treatment disaster. She writes about the announcement of an inquiry