Better care urged for pregnant women with mental health problems – study

Deaths from indirect causes such as suicide have remained constant despite overall fall in maternal mortality rate

Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’

Marina Hyde: Giving birth in hospital these days is a hallucinatorily exhausting experience – and the cuts mean it’s about to get even worse

Will shift work age my brain?

Luisa Dillner: There is plenty of evidence that it harms health, but a new report claims that 10 years of shift work ages your brain by an extra 6.5 years. So should you be worried?

Oh no! I’m thinking about wine again

Mindfulness meditation is supposed to help with stress, anxiety and all the distractions of the modern world. Can Julie Bindel stay focused for long enough to try it?

Dalai Lama enlightens and enraptures contemplative scientists in Boston

James Kingsland: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was given a rapturous reception by mindfulness researchers, but tactfully avoided the controversial question of applications in the military