Exhausting search for solutions to UK’s sharp rise in tiredness
Cost of living crisis, mental health issues and long Covid all thought to be factors, but we still know too little about fatigue
In the year since I quit social media, my screen time has fallen, my mood is up – even my resting heart rate is lower
A snap decision to step away has become a lifestyle shift for Philippa Moore. Though keeping up with friends can be tricky, she has no regrets
People too tired to lead healthier lifestyles, UK survey finds
Fatigue and lack of motivation top poll of reasons why people don’t improve diet and exercise more
‘I was sick with pain – but doctors thought I was a hypochondriac’: the spreading agony of kidney stones
Up to one in 10 of us will get kidney stones, according to the NHS. Even teenagers are at risk from what was long seen as an older man’s affliction. Why – and what can we do to prevent them?
Should I worry about how long I spend sitting down?
A morning run? Sitting on a gym ball? Standing up regularly? We examine the most effective ways to combat the health issues caused by a sedentary lifestyle
‘I miss the sex’: Why are the sexual needs of the bereaved still a taboo?
A woman mourning the loss of her husband was advised to take up gardening, another was told to get a dog… But intimacy and desire among grieving people is something we all need to know about, writes Kat Lister
Babies are dying because of NHS failings, poverty and inequality, charities warn
Maternity services need urgent improvement and investment to meet government target of halving stillbirths and neonatal deaths
Simple measures could save 1 million babies a year, doctors plead
‘Silent health disaster’ across developing world could be checked by spending less than £1bn on making ordinary antenatal procedures available to all, says new analysis
‘For a second, I don’t know who I am’: Ruby Wax on her stay in a mental health clinic
In this extract from her new book, the comedian and writer gives a Zoom talk about depression from her hospital room
And, cut! What it was like being circumcised in my 60s
When my doctor said the operation could help a medical condition, it led me to wonder about the history of this ancient procedure