Has the ‘new man’ triumphed at last?

Are you a man growing a moustache for charity next month? Do you, like one in seven dads, look after the kids? The new man has triumphed, writes William Leith

Women lead the way in the struggle against Swaziland’s HIV crisis

Gary Nunn: A support campaign for Swazi women living with HIV is transforming lives, but needs international backing

Focus on HIV-Aids cost family planning a decade, says UN population chief

Babatunde Osotimehin says it was hard to talk about cutting birth rate as families lost their children

The Bodhisattva’s Brain: Buddhism Naturalized, by Owen Flanagan; Meditating Selflessly: Practical Neural Zen by James H Austin – review

Julian Baggini examines two new books about Buddhism, ever more popular in the west

Embryo ‘health check’ could increase pregnancy rates in IVF

Researchers develop a test to screen the mitochondria and chromosome tips of IVF embryos before implantation

Have your eggs frozen while you’re still young, scientists advise women

Women who delay having their eggs frozen reduce their chances of conceiving through IVF later in life, researchers have found

Dolphin therapy is a scam

Dea Birkett: The film Dolphin Tale perpetuates a myth that swimming with dolphins will 'restore' disabled people such as my daughter

Rob Buckman obituary

Oncologist, writer and broadcaster who investigated medical matters with humour and zest

Dale Carnegie’s self-help bible gets a new life for the digital age

How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age includes advice for bloggers but keeps rules of the 1936 original

Cancer-fighting ‘superbroccoli’ goes on sale in UK

Broccoli bred to contain three times normal level of compound that may protect against heart disease and some cancers