Air pollution ‘may affect number of eggs ovaries can produce’
Results suggest environmental factors could play a role in female reproductive health
Eat more avocado! What I learned from the study that will change how we eat
The Predict study measured thousands of people’s reactions to different foods in an effort to develop truly individualised, preventive medicine. Is this the start of a dietary revolution?
How to live forever: meet the extreme life-extensionists
Some sleep on electromagnetic mats, others pop up to 150 pills a day. But are ‘life extensionists’ any closer to finding the key to longevity? Alex Moshakis meets some of the people determined to become immortal
Inspired by 63 Up, author Tim Lott decides it’s time to take stock
Turning 63, the writer looks back over highs and lows and asks, how can I sum it up?
Learning to overcome my fear of singing was as easy as do-re-mi
I thought I couldn’t sing. Then I discovered there’s no such thing as ‘tone deaf’ – and that singing is not very different to speaking
‘They broke my mental shackles’: could magic mushrooms be the answer to depression?
New trials have shown the drug psilocybin to be highly effective in treating depression, with Oakland the latest US city to in effect decriminalise it last week. Some researchers say it could become ‘indefensible’ to ignore the evidence – but how would it work as a reliable treatment?
As a prison doctor, Amanda Brown knows compassion is the best medicine
A mid-life career leap into the prison service opened this GP’s eyes and heart
Sleep apps backfire by causing anxiety and insomnia, says expert
Neurologist says ‘metricising our lives’ is counterproductive when it comes to sleep
Why parents are addicted to Calpol
The long read: It is the one medicine we reach for whenever our babies are feverish or in pain. What’s the secret of its success?
How the sheer hell of ultrarunning led me to a strange peace
He was often on the verge of giving up such gruelling challenges, but eventually Adharanand Finn found that ultrarunning led him to a meditative state