Albert Ellis
Obituary: Influential American psychologist who led the revolution in cognitive therapy.
Pregnancy stories: natural birth in the Big Apple
New Yorker Claire Bosch Griffiths wanted her birth to be 100% natural
A precious provision
Carol Nahra: We were unlucky in the tragic hand dealt to our son, but blessed to have had British healthcare.
Obesity, thy name is youth
Younger Americans are fatter than ever, leading to $100 billion more a year in costs - in a country that does nothing about health care.
Give me an ‘Ow’! Give me an ‘Argh’!
Stuart Jeffries: Is cheerleading dangerous? According to the New York Times, acrobatic manoeuvres such as throwing women (known as "flyers") 20 feet in the air or forming human pyramids have made "knee braces and ice-bags accoutrements as common as mascara" among the US's four million cheerleaders.
In Rocky’s footsteps
Ever since the first Rocky film, fans have been running up the most famous steps in America in homage to their boxing hero. And their stories are just as inspirational as that of their idol, Sarfraz Manzoor discovers.
‘Unless you’ve been there, it’s very hard to judge’
By Hilary Simpson, whose severely disabled daughter is now 17.