Breast implant scandal: 3,500 private clinic patients referred to NHS
Government says it will provide free care for 40,000 women fitted with PIP implants but plans to recover costs from clinics
In praise of … second sleep
Editorial: The sleep cycle runs over four hours, so why do we panic at failing to forcibly bolt two cycles together into an eight-hour slumber?
Older mothers may be more prone to depression than younger women
Preliminary study suggests risk of depression is five times as high among women who have children later in life
Women say no to ‘state-sponsored rape’
Should women be forced to endure a vaginal ultrasound before being allowed to have an abortion? Legislators in Virginia think they should but opposition is mounting
Pay a little more for your curry and help restore someone’s sight
Poverty in Bangladesh means thousands of people are being denied a simple operation that would cure their blindness. But a novel scheme is changing that
Video games improve sight in adults born with a rare eye disorder
Study challenges view that video games are bad for sight and suggests the brain can be trained to overcome some conditions
Breast implant NHS referrals issued to 2,860 women
PIP breast implant scare sees GPs refer thousands after private clinics that used product fail to help or close, figures show
HIV warning to women using injectable contraception
World Health Organisation advises use of condoms for protection against infection
Cash payments help cut HIV infection rate in young women, study finds
Research in Malawi finds girls who receive regular payments are able to resist attentions of older men and avoid infection
Childhood abuse may stunt growth of part of brain involved in emotions
Three key areas of the hippocampus in the brain were smaller in people who reported maltreatment in childhood