A third of first-time mothers suffer depressive symptoms, research finds
Australian study also suggests more women are depressed when their child turns four than at any time before that
If doctors fear being sued, taking away that fear might help patients
Richard P Grant: A bill being considered by the Department of Health might make it easier, when all else has failed, to get the treatment you need
Calls for millions to be given free vitamin D supplements
One in five adults at risk of deficiency, with a lack of the 'sunshine' vitamin linked to soft bones and other conditions
IVF and the NHS: the parents navigating fertility’s postcode lottery
What are you entitled to for free on the NHS, how much should you spend on private treatment? And how can you cut costs?
Jeremy Hunt sent homeopathy studies to chief medical officer
Letter to Tory MP reveals health secretary asked Sally Davies to initiate reviews of already dismissed studies by French firm
Jeremy Hunt asked medical chief to look at studies backing homeopathy
Health secretary passed studies funded by homeopathic firm to Prof Dame Sally Davies, emails show
Female genital mutilation parties being held in UK, MPs told
Health professionals tell committee that 'cutters' are flown into Britain for events at which up to a dozen girls may be mutilated
Alison Saunders, director of public prosecutions: ‘I think women have had, as witnesses and victims, a raw deal’
Susanna Rustin: Britain's new director of public prosecutions has had a tricky six months, and has huge challenges ahead. But the conviction this week of publicist Max Clifford is a vindication of Alison Saunders' pledge to do more for vulnerable, especially female, victims
How can Britain deport a child at risk of FGM? Theresa May must think again
Hilary Burrage: Two-year-old Rashidat was born in the UK after her mother fled a forced marriage to a much older man. Now the Home Office wants to send her to Nigeria