Leap of faith: why religious leaders have a moral duty to promote family planning

With lack of contraception claiming the lives of thousands of women and children annually, religious bodies must put their global reach to good use

Special delivery for Jeremy Hunt – cartoon

The correspondence between the health secretary and NHS junior doctors reaches its messy conclusion

It’s clear the nanny state works when food health values are written in the stars

Ten months into the food-rating scheme, global giants such as Nestle and Kellogg’s have modified ingredients to secure a better health-star ranking

Happiness vs GDP: can wellbeing statistics find a place in political debate?

Despite David Cameron’s support and a £2m cheque, wellbeing measurement is struggling to make inroads in politics

Should acupuncture be used more widely in the NHS?

A growing body of healthcare practitioners believe acupunture should be offered routinely for more conditions including pain in labour and cancer

Will having sex every day increase my fertility?

A news study suggests that daily sex helps ensure that sperm isn’t attacked as an invader – and that the fertilised egg implants into the uterus

The Book of Human Emotions by Tiffany Watt Smith review – a thought-provoking tour around our feelings

This compendium of emotions from around the world makes you feel we need more words for our feelings, not fewer

Fertility treatments are getting better – and more realistic

Developments such as ovarian tissue transplants and single embryo transfer are making motherhood a graspable reality, but services must be safe and accessible

‘Chain of failings’ led to death of Charlotte Bevan and her newborn baby, coroner rules

Coroner says mentally ill woman, who left a Bristol hospital and jumped off a cliff holding her baby, needed a care plan and psychiatric help after she gave birth

The NHS’s digital doctor will see you now – cartoon

If Jeremy Hunt gets his way, what might a computerised patient interface look like?