How to start strength training in midlife, according to female trainers 40 and over
Experts share a few tools, from dumbbells to resistance bands to cooling towels, to help women get stronger
Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
Imagine a world with more birdsong and less Nigel Farage. If this is the future, bring it on, writes Emma Beddington
NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation
Exclusive: Cancer charity says dispelling falsehoods gleaned from social media is now routine task for clinicians
From man boobs to baldness: everything you wanted to know about midlife wellness … but were too male to ask
Is my metabolism slowing with age? What’s the secret to good skin? And is there anything I can do about my bald patch? Medical, health and diet experts offer a midlife MOT
Experience: I sat under an oak tree every day for a year
After a period of burnout, I realised that nature knows what you need, and is always ready to offer it – you just have to be quiet enough to receive it
The doctor who mends broken brains: why there is room for hope after a stroke or head injury
The neurologist Orlando Swayne doesn’t suggest everyone can recover. But he does argue that early, targeted and intense therapy can sometimes bring about life-changing improvements – and we have a moral obligation to provide it
Doctors don’t know what to do about wellness influencers but we dismiss them at our peril
To be a cancer specialist is to see the worst of harm caused by social media. Yet I have never changed a patient’s mind with outrage
Midwives want to make childbirth miraculous – so what went so wrong in Nottingham?
The acronym ‘FOH’ for ‘Fuck off home’ was used beside the names of expectant mothers. Senior midwives advised others not to be ‘too kind’. But as this and other shocking evidence is brought to light, sexism is only one part of the story, writes Zoe Williams
Every month, my explosive rage would send shockwaves through my family. Then I got a diagnosis that changed everything
Mothers with PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) explain how it has affected their relationship with their families
Poor sleep linked to rising cancer risk in under-50s
Findings add to growing efforts to explain why cancer rates are increasing among younger adults worldwide