Doctors fighting US opioid epidemic say insurance barrier impedes treatment

Prior authorization requires permission to be sought before prescribing critical drugs, which could cost lives, doctors say

How We Break by Vincent Deary review – look after yourself

A psychologist offers practical advice for dealing with life’s ups and downs

Elmo’s big question: how an adorable puppet asked how everyone was doing – and opened the gates of hell

The Sesame Street monster was just being friendly on X. Now, he’s drowning in election anxiety, relationship troubles and existential dread

UK fertility treatment comparison tool featuring IVF data launched

Dashboard allows people to explore data including egg and sperm donors from 1991 onwards

The real meaning of Rishi Sunak’s 36-hour fasts? ‘I’m a terrible PM but I’d be a fantastic tech bro’

Voters may not care about Sunak’s ability to go without food – but employers will lap it up when he’s looking for work in Silicon Valley, writes Coco Khan

Put morning-after pill on general sale to give UK women full control, experts say

Barriers to emergency contraception should be removed, says Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Pliers, abscesses and agonising pain: Britain’s dental crisis – as seen from A&E

With ‘dental deserts’ all over the UK, hundreds of thousands of people now flock to hospitals or GPs each year for treatment. And the problem is only getting worse

A bracing dip will cure us of the menopause, will it? Remind me to steer clear of the sewage

A new study suggests a fashionable hobby could help with hot flushes and other symptoms

Doctors complain to BBC over Dragons’ Den contestant’s claim ‘to have cured ME’

Entrepreneurs on TV show’s panel all offered to invest in business selling ear seeds as part of treatment for chronic illness

A moment that changed me: My body seemed like a death machine – until I saw those two blue lines

After cancer, chemotherapy and temporary menopause, I didn’t dare imagine having a baby. But all of a sudden my womb was designing a whole new life