Early-bird special: could eating your dinner at 5pm help you lose weight?

According to a new study, having your main meal in the early evening can help the pounds drop off – and it might also make you bang on trend

The big idea: do we all experience the world in the same way?

Every human brain is different – it’s time to embrace the diversity of our experiences

Who’s paying for Britain’s disastrous mini-budget? We are, with our health

From stress about homelessness to illnesses caused by food poverty and cold homes, this financial chaos will take a heavy toll, says public health professor Devi Sridhar

‘We are expected to be OK with not having children’: how gay parenthood through surrogacy became a battleground

In New York, a gay couple fighting to make their insurers pay for fertility treatment have found themselves in the middle of a culture war. What happens when the right to parenthood involves someone else’s body?

Exercise with weights linked to lower risk of early death, study says

Older adults could benefit from routine including aerobics and strengthening activities, according to researchers

400 people in UK diagnosed with preventable cancer every day, data shows

Experts say healthy lifestyle changes such as quitting smoking and eating more vegetables can lower risk

Rage rooms and primal screams: how stressed-out workers are letting off steam

London’s ‘Screamatorium’ is one way to self-soothe as office tension (and therapy costs) mount

Little evidence screaming helps mental health, say psychologists

Experts question long-term benefits of therapy for mental and psychological disorders

Bad dreams in middle age could be sign of dementia risk, study suggests

Research finds people who had them at least once a week were four times more likely to experience cognitive decline

Night owls may be more prone to heart disease and diabetes, study finds

Research shows early birds more sensitive to insulin levels and burn more fat at rest and during exercise