How turning the heat off this winter could damage your health

A survey found 70% of UK adults are planning to heat their homes less, as energy prices soar. But what could be the effect?

The ‘Old Crones’ tackle Northumberland’s 100-mile Saint Oswald’s Way

Three older women take on a gruelling 100-mile trek through the wilds of north-east England, getting lost in a forest, befriending farmers and helping fallen sheep along the way

‘Clinically awful’: why the pain of a broken heart is real

Poets and songwriters have long known that love hurts, but now scientists are examining the physical anguish caused by a breakup – and the results are helping people understand and recover from their distress

Four radical new fertility treatments just a few years away from clinics

Synthetic embryos and three-person babies among advances revised fertility laws need to consider

Side Effects by David Haslam review – what do we want from healthcare?

The ex-chair of Nice considers the spiralling costs of medical treatment and asks how we might fix a creaking NHS

Sleepless nights make people more selfish and asocial – study

Losing even one hour of rest reduces ‘innate desire of humans to help one another’, US research finds

GPs to prescribe walking and cycling in bid to ease burden on NHS

Suggestion of activities to help improve mental and physical health part of wider movement of ‘social prescribing’

My adult ADHD drugs felt like a lifeline. Then came the scary side-effects …

After a year on prescription stimulants, I started to unravel. Would a desperate experiment with street narcotics make me see things differently?

Group chat overload: have we reached peak WhatsApp?

From pictures of puppies to deadly political manoeuvres, WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging platform. But is it losing its appeal?

‘I felt I was being assessed on my skin colour’: Black women around the world share their birth stories

From Rio to Reykjavik, London to Shanghai, Black women face a maternal health crisis. Six mothers share their stories of pregnancy, birth – and racism