What is the ‘normal birth movement’ and why can it be harmful?

Analysis: Striking balance when it comes to birth-related risks is why optimising use of C-section is global concern

Mothers were shamed and traumatised at Shrewsbury hospital. I was one of them

I had two babies there and my experience was so terrible that the memory haunts me 20 years later. Even now I feel a deep, scorching rage

‘I don’t want what happened to my husband happening to anyone else’: the widow campaigning for gambling law reform

It was only after Annie Ashton’s husband Luke took his own life that she realised he had been gambling in secret – sometimes up to 100 times a day on his phone. She wants urgent changes to the way the betting industry operates

Shropshire baby deaths report: parents express relief and anger

Campaigners hope damning report on inadequate maternity care at Royal Shrewsbury hospital will bring lasting change

At-home abortions made women safer. Ending them in England would be disastrous

In the US, women’s access to abortion is being chipped away - we cannot allow the same creep in Westminster, says MP Diana Johnson

Stop charging migrant women for NHS maternity care, RCOG urges

Exclusive: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says policy is harming health of pregnant women and babies

‘For five years, I could barely speak’: the skin health campaigner who overcame bullying for severe acne

At school, Scott McGlynn suffered so much abuse for his spots that he would hide away in classrooms at lunchtime. Now, he is a successful podcaster and encourages people to talk openly about the condition on social media

A moment that changed me: dengue fever put me in hospital – and taught me to love my body

After days of shivering and vomiting, I began admiring my ability to fight off illness, rather than worrying about the size of my thighs

Dozing from home: how workers have perfected the art of napping on the job

Homeworkers now squeeze in up to three snoozes a week, watch four TV episodes and a quarter never get out of their pyjamas, a new survey says

Not Going Quietly review – healthcare activist Ady Barkan takes ALS to congress

Documentary follows Barkan, who has motor neurone disease, as he campaigns for better public healthcare in the US