Super-gonorrhoea is here – that means the antibiotic crisis is too
Highly drug-resistant bugs are no longer a future problem. After decades of complacency, urgency is needed, says Jeremy Knox from the Wellcome Trust
Man’s £54,000 NHS cancer bill raises ethical questions that can’t be ignored
Royal Marsden said treatment for Albert Thompson requires payment. It’s the first step in applying the same logic to all
Young lives hang by a thread as past haunts Rohingya mothers
After the trauma of fleeing violence in Myanmar, Nazima Begum is struggling to breastfeed her young son – a common problem among Rohingya mothers
Eating out increases levels of phthalates in the body, study finds
US research discovers 35% increase in levels of chemical linked to disease in those who dined at restaurants the previous day
Campaigners call on UK retailers to stop stocking Antarctic krill products
Greenpeace wants health shops like Boots to follow the lead of Holland & Barrett and ditch products that threaten the pristine waters home to penguins, seal and whales
Anti Diet Riot Club: the body-positivity meetings taking on ‘diet culture’
From life drawing to yoga for all sizes, new monthly meetups are taking the ‘BoPo’ movement off the web and into the real world
’Before, I couldn’t walk 200m’ – why surgery can be life-changing for super-obese children
As many as 90,000 children in England could be considered eligible for bariatric surgery, yet only 18 operations were performed last year. Shouldn’t there be many more?
Brainstorm: Detective Stories from the World of Neurology; Unthinkable: The World’s Strangest Brains – review
Books by Suzanne O’Sullivan and Helen Thomson offer fascinating insights into the ‘maverick brain’ and rare mental conditions
Meet the man living with Alzheimer’s who climbs the same mountain every day
Sion Jair, 68, has climbed the Old Man of Coniston at least 5,000 times and the emerging science backs him up that regular, vigorous exercise is beneficial for those with the disease, says Tim Lewis
Time for change: Anne Enright on Ireland’s abortion referendum
In the coming weeks, voters in Ireland will have the chance to repeal the eighth amendment, which recognises the equal rights to life of a foetus and the mother during pregnancy. We must send a message to the world, the author declares