Rise in number of pregnant women in England not getting help they need, survey finds

CQC study finds falls across a range of metrics dealing with antenatal care, labour, childbirth and postnatal care

Can Gwyneth Paltrow save Goop with a bold new vaginal product?

Rumours the company is in its death throes underestimate the actor’s talent for business – and the public’s insatiable appetite for kooky wellness gimmicks, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Irregular sleep pattern raises risk of stroke and heart attack, study finds

Variations in time a person goes to sleep and wakes up ‘strongly associated’ with higher risk of negative impacts

Health, happiness … and romance? How running could help you find love

It’s a well trodden fact that running with other people is good for camaraderie, safety and our physical and mental wellbeing – but now it seems it’s fertile ground for dating

I’m still running at seven months pregnant. But it’s transformed how I think about exercise

All too often, staying fit is about vanity and status. The slower and wheezier I become, writes Nell Frizzell, the more I realise it’s also about survival

I’ve written a diary every day since I was 14. What does that say about me?

Reading four decades of entries, I realise ego can take precedence over world events, life is never too dull to record – and I’ve learned not to take myself so seriously

‘Deep in my madness, witches gave me hope’: Elizabeth Sankey on motherhood, depression and witches

While battling through the darkness of severe postpartum anxiety, Elizabeth Sankey saw a light of solidarity in the stories of witchcraft

An open letter to the microplastics living in my body

If we are forced to house these tiny plastic interlopers, perhaps it’s time we sat down and had a chat

Not quite religion, not quite self-help: welcome to the Jordan Peterson age of nonsense

Unintelligible as it is, new book is part of a ‘manifesting’ trend offering the young and spiritually lost an illusion of control

Makeup, fragrance and hair dye use in pregnancy leads to more PFAS in breast milk – study

‘Forever chemicals’ pose health threat to developing children and linked with preterm birth, shorter lactation