A million women can’t be wrong
The results of the biggest survey ever conducted into the health and habits of Britain's females, cannot be dismissed, says Sarah Boseley
An aching hunger
Laurie Penny who had anorexia for years, explains why more help is needed for this most deadly of mental illnesses
A little knowledge
Joanna Moorhead: New research suggests that for every woman saved as a result of a mammogram, 10 will have unnecessary treatment
Sexuality – through the wrong end of the telescope
Yvonne Roberts: Scientists say women with wealthy partners have the best time in bed. Really? It's time to think more clearly about female desire
Eat, drink and be merry: dieting’s new philosophy
A new book telling women that eating fats is good and a shot of vodka is allowed is an unsurprising hit
35,001 diet books, but do we really need any of them?
Surveys show that two out of five women diet most of the time as half of weight lost is regained in a year
I was nearly abducted
Experience: Many years ago, when I was a student at the University of Vienna, I decided to hitchhike to Salzburg
Giving birth left me in a psychiatric unit
Experience: After 22 painful hours of labour, I gave birth to Isabelle on September 7 2006
The lotus position
The umbilical cord is usually cut straight after birth, but some parents are taking a different approach - keeping the placenta attached until it naturally falls away. Viv Groskop speaks to advocates of 'lotus birth'
Shock tactics
Anti-abortion campaigners are being allowed into schools to present their arguments to teenagers, and are making converts. But what about the facts? Kate Hilpern reports