Guns, car crashes and drugs cut US male life expectancy by a year, research says

Gun injuries alone shorten American men’s lives by more than five months, according to CDC research letter as experts reject ‘paralysis’ on issue

I’m a survivor of female genital cutting and I’m speaking out – as others must too

My aunt cut my genitals when I was seven years old. The culture of silence surrounding this FGM/C means laws alone won’t stop it

Banish those midlife blues – the secret to happiness starts with one small step

Expert behind survey on middle-age misery says it’s better to be outdoors with friends – and to throw away the self-help books

New York governor to ban insurers from funding gay ‘conversion therapy’

Andrew Cuomo to announce executive action against ‘hateful and fundamentally flawed practice’ upon receiving Human Rights Campaign award

FGM: number of victims found to be 70 million higher than thought

Half of girls and women cut live in just three countries as Unicef statistics reveal shocking global scale of barbaric ritual

Letter to my daughter: what is it like to be a girl in 2016?

Psychotherapist and anti-FGM campaigner shares her hopes and fears for all girls around the globe this year in a letter to her 13-year-old daughter

Obsessed By My Body review: at last I know why bodybuilders smear themselves with fake tan

Welcome to the world of teenage bodybuilding – a hotbed of preening and paranoia. Plus, The Secret Life of the Zoo; time to rethink meerkats – they’re not as cute as they look

Snuffed out – the kids’ classics that would be censored by a smoking ban

The World Health Organisation would like films that feature smoking to automatically be given adult ratings. Bad news for Pinocchio and Cruella de Vil …

Zika outbreak raises fears of rise in deaths from unsafe abortions

Campaigners urge governments in Latin America to rethink bans on abortion and make contraception widely available

Breastfeeding could prevent 800,000 child deaths, Lancet says

Breastfeeding at risk from poor government policies, lack of support for mothers and aggressive formula milk industry, research finds