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
Prostate cancer breakthrough as UK team develops more accurate test
Ultrasound technique overcomes problems with current methods to diagnose the most common cancer in men
Love Island and other shows ‘encourage teenagers to smoke’
Reality TV series and major films expose young people to tobacco imagery, MPs told
Extra glass of wine a day ‘will shorten your life by 30 minutes’
Drinking is as harmful as smoking, and more than five drinks a week lowers life expectancy, say researchers
‘Social media has poisoned us’: young Britons on why they are unhappy
From student debt to loneliness, young people in Britain share their reasons for why the happiness of 16 to 25-year-olds is so low