Is mindfulness making us ill?
It’s the relaxation technique of choice, popular with employers and even the NHS. But some have found it can have unexpected effects
‘Urban myth’ that lesbian women don’t need pap smears is a health risk – study
University of Sydney study finds that lesbian women are being tested less for virus that can cause cervical cancer and sexually transmitted disease in general
This is the NHS: a day in the life of the UK’s busiest maternity centre
For the next month, the Guardian is telling the story of one of the most complex organisations in the world, through the voices of those on the frontline. On Thursday, we reported live from Liverpool Women’s hospital
The secret sexual health doctor’s diary: ‘The waiting room is bursting at the seams’
A registrar working in a sexual health clinic offers a snapshot of her working week, from advising a 16-year-old girl with a newborn baby to introducing baffled students to the vaginal ring
The day the NHS saved my life: my baby was born in our bathroom
Without the 30 or so health professionals who helped when my overdue daughter arrived suddenly, we might both have died
Be warned – I really don’t give a damn
I’ve learned that it’s draining to care too much. Best to ration that sort of thing
‘I’m insisting that things be done my way’: readers share their birth stories
Whether choosing a home birth or a hospital birth, we asked readers for their experiences and about the quality of care
Why don’t I appreciate what I have? You asked Google – here’s the answer
Every day millions of internet users ask Google some of life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
I was pregnant, alone and bleeding, but didn’t realise the danger
The day the NHS saved my life: I cannot thank my GP surgery staff enough for their quick and calm response that may have saved me and my baby
World making barely any progress on preventing stillbirths, says Lancet
It will be more than 160 years before a woman in Africa has the same chance of her baby being born alive as a woman in a rich country, new research claims