Thousands of breast implant victims will get payouts after court ruling
Case in Paris was brought by 2,700 women over implants made by French company and certified as safe by German firm
Top 10 books about depression
From Robert Burton’s 17th-century Anatomy of Melancholy to new insights from Ed Bullmore, these are welcome guides to one of the loneliest experiences
Parent trap: why the cult of the perfect mother has to end
Worldwide, mothers are overworked, underpaid, often lonely and made to feel guilty about everything from epidurals to bottle feeding. Fixing this is the unfinished work of feminism
How to cure type 2 diabetes – without medication
It can be debilitating and last a lifetime, but type 2 diabetes, if caught early, can be reversed with weight loss
Monzo bank to offer employees paid leave after pregnancy loss
Either partner can take up to 10 days’ leave after miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion in UK digital bank’s policy
Mission menopause: ‘My hormones went off a cliff – and I’m not going to be ashamed’
An estimated 13 million women in the UK are living with the menopause. So why are so many enduring the turmoil of its symptoms without help and support? It’s about time that changed, argues Kate Muir
How I learned that by trying to avoid sadness, I was only making it worse
Bedridden, and unable to move, I realised that I had spent my life running from misery. It was time to confront it, says author and journalist Helen Russell
‘Melon seedlings make good pets’: how lockdown made us love houseplants
From orchids to apple trees, readers share their stories of the plants that kept them busy, lifted their spirits and distracted them from the endless Zoom meetings
Like ‘Italy’s Robinson Crusoe’, many of us crave the idea of aloneness – even after lockdown
Mauro Morandi had to leave his solitary island life. Having been cooped up with others for months, it could be appealing, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Can magic mushrooms really help you understand bitcoin?
That’s what one German billionaire says. But it’s not why the Aztecs and the hippies were such fans