Scientists pour scorn on mushroom coffee, the latest ‘healthy’ food trend

UK demand growing for beverages made from fungi, but experts dismiss innovations as ‘health products you don’t need’

Being diagnosed with dyslexia has made me happier

Throughout her life, Danyah Miller developed coping mechanisms to help deal with certain challenges. Would she have thrived if she had known about dyslexia, or would a label have limited her?

I was a running addict – but pushing myself to the limit led to two knee replacements

Beware what the fitness gurus tell you: the body has its limits. Perhaps that’s why orthopaedic waiting lists are so long, says journalist Rod Gilchrist

Cold review – theatrically evocative folk-tale treatment of the pain of miscarriage

A man spins a story in a doctor’s waiting room, sparking a fairy tale of loss and desperation

‘There are so many benefits’: why more and more Britons are building a home sauna

What was once a niche product is being embraced by more people. We examine the options at a range of prices

Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’

Philip Morris International has supported non-smoking programmes around the world ‘to advance its own interests’, say health professionals

I spent 22 years as a problem drinker. Here are 10 things I’ve learned since I quit

Having turned my back on the partying, hangovers and self-destruction, I’ve slowly worked out what was behind them – and how to replace them with something better

Healthy lifestyle may offset genetics by 60% and add five years to life, study says

Genetics alone can mean a 21% greater risk of early death, research finds, but people can improve their chances

‘No one’s being honest about it’: how NHS crisis forces patients to go private

Long waiting lists are creating a boom in the medical insurance market, leading to fears of a long-term change in attitudes to the health service

Becoming a mother was impossibly hard during Covid. Has anything changed since?

Rates are improving in the US as healthcare organizations take steps to confront the continuing crisis. Still, new mothers often feel alone: ‘People don’t know what to do’