Healthy lifestyle could prevent 40% of breast cancer cases, charity says World Cancer Research Fund report links disease to diet and says breastfeeding could help in prevention
Warning over using contraceptive pill with higher clot risk Women not using safest brand of contraceptive pill, study says
Stop the pregnancy scaremongering and let women make love in peace Agnès Poirier: Britain is obsessive and dictatorial when it comes to motherhood. Yet we get more real help – and babies born – in France
Late motherhood: time for a vital wake-up call Doctors call for cultural rethink on issue of couples putting off parenthood until their 30s and 40s
Women urged to test for fertility at 30 Expert calls for 'fertility MoTs' and more education as doctors warn over dangers of delaying parenthood
Blood pressure study advises more induced births Inducing women with high blood pressure reduces likelihood of further complications by nearly 30%
We must untangle the web of contradictions around breastfeeding Response: A focus on failure and guilt leaves little room for discussing the joy of feeding your baby, says Kate Evans
Wanted: volunteers to eat chocolate for a year Study into benefits of dark chocolate starts looking for 40 post-menopausal women with diabetes
Swine flu helpline readied as government denies confusion Swine flu advice for pregnant women remains same as Conservatives say phone service is too late
George Bush’s sex education failure Melissa McEwan: Teenage pregnancies and STDs in the US are on the rise again, thanks to George Bush's abstinence-only obsession