CBD: a marijuana miracle or just another health fad?

The cannabis-derived compound is popping up in everything from mineral water to bath bombs. We ask experts and users if it actually works

Call for poor and disabled to be given NHS fitness trackers

Vulnerable groups ‘could be left behind by technology revolution in medicine’, widening health inequality

‘It makes me enjoy playing with the kids’: is microdosing mushrooms going mainstream?

Before the school run, or commuting to work, increasing numbers are taking tiny doses of psychedelic drugs in the UK. Why?

Opening up school sports facilities would give every child a healthy summer

The fitness of children from low-income familes suffers in the holidays, say former sports stars Tanni Grey-Thompson and Lawrence Dallaglio

Coroner calls on universities to destigmatise mental health issues

Maria Voisin was speaking after inquest into death of Bristol university student Ben Murray

Menopause health has ‘few specialists and a lot of myths’ – can tech change that?

Health technology catering to women has covered fertility, periods, mental wellbeing and more. Now tech entrepreneurs are catering to the 13 million women in menopause

The danger of being pregnant and black in America

In the US, women of color face more risks in pregnancy and childbirth than white women, and the reason for the disparity has become clear: racism

Avengers: Endgame was brilliant – but the fat shaming broke my heart

Using a fat person as a punchline is cheap and lazy. So why was everyone in the cinema audience laughing except me?

Breastfeeding reduces child obesity risk by up to 25%, WHO finds

Organisation says marketing claims formula is as good for babies as breast milk are misleading

Devon tops quality of life survey

Clean air and low inequality highighted by Thriving Places Index