Proximity to green space may help with PMS, study finds

Research adds to growing evidence of the health benefits associated with natural environments

El Salvador ‘responsible for death of woman jailed after miscarriage’

Inter-American court of human rights orders Central American country to reform harsh policies on reproductive health

Activists call for revolution in ‘dated and colonial’ aid funding

Aspen Institute’s new voices want donors to exercise humility and trust grantees to know what their communities need

At the GP, I make a crucial discovery – not about my health, but my personality

Going for my over-40s MOT, I realise there is one area of my life where I have lost absolutely none of my youthful vigour, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

UK health trusts suspend home birth services as midwives shortage deepens

‘Crisis’ in maternity care leaves expectant mothers facing difficult births in hospital or without support at home

You be the judge: should my husband spend more time with our baby?

We air both sides of a domestic disagreement – and ask you to deliver a verdict

Samantha Willis was a beloved young pregnant mother. Did bad vaccine advice cost her her life?

When the UK’s jab programme began, expectant mothers were told to steer clear – so Samantha decided to wait until she had had her baby. Two weeks after giving birth, she died in hospital

Goop’s sex therapist on her radical approach to sexual pleasure

Avila’s work, illegal in every US state except California, helps her clients ‘experience genuine arousal, desire and pleasure’

‘They could be the visionaries of our world’: do ‘overemotional’ people hold the key to happiness?

One in five of us struggle to cope with everyday smells, sounds and images. Rather than a weakness, this extreme sensitivity could be a strength in everything from the pandemic to the climate crisis

Readers reply: why don’t snorers wake themselves up?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts