Introduce mental health checks for new mothers, ministers told

Six-week checkup would help the 50% of UK mothers with mental health problems

Patients being turned away from sexual health clinics, RCN says

Short-staffed clinics are at ‘tipping point’, leading to fears over a drop in infection testing

Fabric swaps hedonism for meditation

For one night only, it’s mindfulness and mocktails at the London club

They can keep their ‘cure’ for baldness. I love my hairless head

When I started losing my long, obsidian, Linkin Park hair, I shaved it all off. It’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, says freelance writer Tom Usher

The self-care industry is peddling exhausting, dangerous drivel

Many of us will deal with anxiety, depression and cancer in our lives, and it’s not because we don’t love the trees enough or don’t perform endless mini-declutters

You can smell a new mother’s loneliness. Unless you’re the state

As a new mum, I know loneliness cuts deep – and the lack of services for parent and child plays a large part in this, says the freelance writer Nell Frizzell

Can vegans be top sports stars? You asked Google – here’s the answer

Every day millions of people ask Google life’s most difficult questions. Vegan food writer Aine Carlin answers one of the commonest queries

The Tories’ latest campaign tactic? Blaming Labour for hepatitis

A Tory local election leaflet claimed that Labour was responsible for ‘delivering’ hepatitis in the area. Can this party get any more farcical?

Don’t save it for the duchess. All new mothers should be treated like royalty

Rather than treating royal births as mundane events, why don’t we celebrate all the ordinary women who give birth, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Abortion clinic buffer zones being considered by more councils

At least eight local authorities in England are examining whether to follow Ealing’s lead