Wales bans intimate piercings for under-18s over health fears

Law forbids practitioners from working on areas including tongue, breast and genitals

Somebody I Used to Know by Wendy Mitchell review – dementia from the inside

Mitchell was 58 when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimers. She began to write about the experience of losing herself, and the result is this remarkable memoir

Mindfulness courses at work? This should have us all in a rage

Lunchtime meditation might reduce workers’ stress – but it does nothing to tackle the rat-race culture that causes it, says freelance journalist William Little

Folic acid: new research is a ‘gamechanger’ in push to fortify British foods

Study concludes there is no need for an upper limit on folate, removing a further barrier to mandatory fortification that would prevent birth defects

Vaginal mesh review to investigate true scale of complications

Audit of NHS data to establish how many women have experienced problems following implant surgery

One in 50 of us is face blind – and many don’t even realise

Prosopagnosia, which makes those with the condition unable to recognise others, often goes undetected – despite being more common than autism

Ruby Wax: why being kinder to ourselves is good for society

Compassion is the antidote to anger and revenge. So maybe it is time to be a little kinder, and start with yourself

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B Peterson – digested read

Man up and receive the words of advice John Crace has gleaned from this provocative self-help guide

Model Charli Howard: ‘They told me I was fat’

Charli Howard knew all about the ugly side of modelling. Then one day she decided she’d had enough…

In Shock by Rana Awdish review – doctor turns patient

After coming close to death in her own hospital, a doctor perhaps protests too much at the language used by her lifesavers