Poor body image makes girls less assertive and risks health, study finds
Majority of those dissatisfied with their figure will skip meals and avoid friends, the doctor and clubs, says global beauty report
What’s the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise
As a new report reveals the mental health benefits of just an hour’s physical activity a week, it seems there is nothing a workout can’t cure. Here is why we should all sit less and move more
Pregnant in Ireland: ‘I had no control and was made to feel ashamed’
The eighth amendment does not allow women the right to informed consent or refusal of treatment during pregnancy – why is this tolerated?
Can even moderate drinking increase the risk of cancer?
New research argues that just a small glass of wine a day increases the risk and that ‘responsible drinking’ targets are misleading
Why last night’s VD-laced episode of Victoria should worry modern audiences
The Victorians feared the moral and physical implications of venereal disease, but the problems of untreatable infection and inadequate health provision are all too familiar to a modern audienceSpoiler alert! Plot points from Victoria are revealed in this blog
Hitting the right nerve: the electronic neck implant to treat depression
For people with severe depression who don’t respond to standard treatment, vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) offers new hope
Vaginal mesh scandal: women don’t need body-shaming on top of their pain
The appalling problems with J&J’s vaginal mesh could not have persisted for so long without a basic lack of respect for women and their bodies
Revealed: Johnson & Johnson’s ‘irresponsible’ actions over vaginal mesh implant
Woman awarded record $57m damages over implant launched with no clinical trial and marketed despite higher failure rate
Breaking bad: how to give up drinking, smoking, nail-biting and other unwanted habits
With Stoptober and Sober October starting soon, we asked readers to tell us how they broke bad habits - and how this changed their life. Here’s what you said
HIV rates climbing among over-50s in UK and Europe, researchers warn
Older people more likely to be infected through heterosexual sex and to have more advanced disease when it is finally diagnosed, new study reveals