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‘Even the specialists hadn’t seen my baby’s condition before’

In the week of the awareness-raising campaign Rare Diseases Day, Sofya Court hopes the story of her son – born with a syndrome shared by only a few hundred people worldwide – will inspire others coping with obscure conditions

Trump’s next target: people living with HIV/Aids

Countless Americans affected by the virus are living in fear of losing the treatment they were only able to receive because of Obamacare

Gemma Cairney: ‘I was a naughty teen – I got told not to talk back’

The radio DJ and author on her life lessons for young and old – plus raving in Margate

Heal thyself: meet the doctors living with the conditions they treat

Would you be in safer hands if your doctor had the same illness as you? We hear from a dermatologist with a skin complaint, a psychiatrist with depression, an oncologist who survived cancer and a maternal fetal medicine specialist who couldn’t conceive. By Chris Broughton

Meet the people who eat 10 portions of fruit and vegetables a day

After scientists recommended eating 800g a day to prevent early death, readers tell us how they get so much greens in their diet

Children’s sugar intake equals five doughnuts a day, campaigners say

Obesity Health Alliance calls for food and drink makers to cut ‘hidden’ sugar to curb dangerous obesity among young people

It costs £83 to treat postnatal depression. So why must so many women suffer?

A report shows only 7% of women with pregnancy-related mental health problems get the specialist care they need. We need a more holistic approach

Forget five a day, eat 10 portions of fruit and veg to cut risk of early death

Scientists say even just 2.5 portions daily can lower chance of heart disease, stroke, cancer and premature death

What is yoga? You asked Google – here’s the answer

Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries

Joanna Bourke: ‘Speaking about suffering helps cope with it’

The author of The Story of Pain explains how an agonising hospital stay prompted her to explore an experience felt very differently down the ages

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