Should I worry about how much sugar I consume?

Sugary foods are easier to access than ever and designed to keep us coming back for more. Are they actually addictive – and should we quit them?

Clock watching: meet the artist who thinks time is ruining our lives

‘Clock time’, all about productivity, money and economic growth, threatens to destroy us, says artist Jenny Odell. But there are other kinds of time, and we need to learn to embrace them

Susie Orbach: ‘Body uniformity is out of control – there’s no right way to have labia!’

The psychotherapist on body hatred, what’s changed since she wrote Fat Is a Feminist Issue – and the smell of her clients

Woman who miscarried fined by NHS for claiming free prescription while pregnant

Plight of expectant mum who miscarried is latest case exposing errors in issuing charge exemption certificates

British Black women die in childbirth at an appalling rate. I’m tired of fighting a racist system in vain

Fixing this will require systemic change that goes way beyond healthcare, says author Candice Brathwaite

Top 10 medical memoirs … by patients

Medical practitioners are not the only experts in the field of disease and injury, as these personal stories of trauma and recovery show

I’ve been in the grip of astrology all my life, so why am I turning my back on the stars?

Smug detractors may roll their eyes, but this ancient art gave me a deep understanding of who I am – until it began to feel restrictive, says author Daisy Jones

I turn 50 soon. Why would I want anyone to assume I am younger?

The obsession with agelessness puts pressure on us to look and act forever young. But it’s far more liberating to be old and cheerfully weary, says Viv Groskop

Gareth Thomas: ‘I will be a voice for people with HIV. I won’t be derailed’

He was one of Wales’s greatest rugby stars – and the game’s first professional player to come out as gay. But it’s the truth about HIV that Gareth Thomas is set on tackling now

Is ice-cream good for you? Scientists divided on claims about health benefits

Suggestions in the US that the dessert can have health benefits have been greeted by a ripple of scepticism from British experts