Pineapple tacos, duck doughnuts and apple beer: how cancer patients are being tempted to eat well
Chemotherapy can ruin people’s experience of food. Now chefs and scientists are devising healthy recipes to counter the treatment’s effects
Seven ways to manage asthma
One in 12 adults in the UK have asthma, but although it is a long-term condition, doctors now believe that, with the right precautions, most people can live active lives
Tom Daley: ‘If I hadn’t met Lance, I don’t know if I’d be diving now’
From being objectified at 14 to coming out five years later, the diver has lived his life in public. Still only 24, he talks about his marriage to Lance Black, fatherhood – and why he’s speaking out about gay rights around the world
Breastfeeding support services ‘failing mothers’ due to cuts
Campaign group finds at least 44% of local authority areas in England affected by recent cuts to breastfeeding services
‘Despairingly lacking’: a midwife on support for breastfeeding mothers
The early stages are crucial, but busy midwives cannot always provide the help that is needed
Ban fat-shaming show Insatiable, its critics cry. But none of them have seen it
Like Beverley Hughes railing against Brass Eye, those who pelt round the hamster wheels of social media outrage have – yet again – confused the subject of a joke with its target
Insatiable’s fat-shaming is dangerous. Don’t do it, Netflix
A thin actor in a fat suit doesn’t help teenagers struggling with body image, says writer and comedian Sofie Hagen
Insatiable: 100,000 sign petition to cancel Netflix ‘fat-shaming’ series
Comedy starring Debby Ryan as overweight teen who takes revenge on tormentors criticised for promoting ‘toxic’ ideas
Communism is hip again – but until it means liberty, count me out, comrade
Activist Ash Sarkar is promoting a revitalised ‘fun communism’, without the inconvenient history. I want a revolution I can dance to, not a cult of obedience
Women are turning to birth control smartphone apps for a reason
Contraception technology isn’t foolproof, but doctors must realise why we find the idea so appealing, says Guardian columnist Dawn Foster