Is beef tallow really safe for your health and skin? We asked the experts

Robert F Kennedy Jr and social media influencers are proponents of the ingredient – but is it worth the hype?

Life let you down again? Congratulations – you’re growing

Rather than running away from disappointment, we need to face it and learn from it. Otherwise we will never try anything new

Ozempic is hailed as a miracle drug. But how does it affect people with eating disorders?

Doctors worry about GLP-1s being used by people with restrictive eating disorders – but research also shows they could help others struggling with binge eating

Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – with a little help from John, Paul, George and Ringo

The Guardian journalist’s tender account of how music became a bridge between him and his autistic son, James, is full of wit and wisdom

The Life, Old Age and Death of a Working-Class Woman review – a son confronts his mother’s decline

Didier Eribon’s guilt and shame fuels an angry and eloquent meditation on our attitudes towards the elderly and the end of life

Rewind and be kind: what happens if you do one act of kindness every day?

When Bernadette Russell decided to perform one good deed every day for a year, it made a difference to the world around her but also had a big impact on her own life

Changing your clock? Scientists are only just beginning to understand what this does to us

Our research in October showed that ‘falling back’ had a negative impact on women, especially mothers. Do we need to shift the way we think about time, asks professor of the psychology of time Ruth Ogden

Exercise and screen time advice for new mothers angers parenting groups

Mumsnet says guidance seems ‘wildly optimistic’ and NCT says parents could come to harm following it

Prostate cancer surgery breakthrough offers hope for erectile function

Neurosafe procedure allows doctors to remove prostate while preserving as much nerve tissue around it as possible

It’s time to embrace Dugnadsånd – the Norwegian concept we all need right now

With its combination of community, cooperation and selflessness, this could offer some small comfort in a terrifying era, writes Emma Beddington