Europe’s champion sitters: even the sporty Dutch are falling victim to ‘chair-use disorder’
Long hours spent at desks and sofas leads to 21,000 deaths a year in the Netherlands from cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer
Avoid mould and ride a bike: 20 expert tips on how to look after your lungs for life
With air quality an increasing worry, the health of our lungs has never been more important. Here, experts share how to take care of yours
‘I’m not judging you’ – midwife Juno Carey on what it’s like to work in an abortion clinic
She’s looked after teenagers, rape survivors and trafficked sex workers – and assisted at terminations while she’s been pregnant herself. Still, she wouldn’t change her job for anything.
Sweating with fear, I waited to hear the doctor’s verdict. Then the radio started playing Call Me Maybe …
I’m all for a bit of distraction in a tense medical situation, writes Nell Frizzell, but who on earth picks those tunes?
I know I want at least one baby. But the more I learn about motherhood, the more terrifying it seems
Even supposedly ‘positive’ birth stories make my heart sink. Am I just going to have to make a leap of faith, asks Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
My inability to say no is making me cry. But what can I do about it?
I stupidly said yes to a job I should have run a mile from. This must stop
Fat-shaming Keir Starmer was wrong, but we all judge people by their appearance
What makes us believe in people we perceive as attractive, and can we ever break the habit?
It’s not the economy, stupid: wellbeing is the real vote-winner
In 2011, I launched a campaign called Action for Happiness. A week before the World Happiness summit, why can’t we all be more content, asks Richard Layard
Aviva’s profits rise as demand for UK private health insurance booms
Fears over NHS waiting lists contribute to 41% increase in sales of policies, contributing to £1.5bn operating profit
Every step above 2,200 steps a day reduces risk of early death, study finds
Research suggests every extra step up to 10,000 reduces risk even if rest of the day is sedentary