PIP breast implant victims express fury at ‘catastrophic’ fraud trial
Hundreds of women attend trial of PIP boss Jean-Claude Mas and four senior staff, but lawyers say case has taken too long to come to court
PIP breast implant bosses’ trial for aggravated fraud begins in France
Company founder Jean-Claude Mas and four managers accused of supplying faulty implants that triggered a global health scare
Bras: a male professor is no expert
Deborah Orr: A French sports academic reckons that bras are unnecessary for medical reasons, but women don't need bras for medical reasons, and we don't need some fool's advice
The pros and cons of going braless
Emer O’Toole: Scientific research on the effect on bras on the sagging of boobs backs up the old feminist call for women to ditch the harness
Chemical in food packaging can harm unborn babies, say French officials
Health authority says BPA, found in bottles, boxes and dental fillings, is linked to breast cancer and behavioural problems
Zen and the art of keeping the NHS bill under control
Madeleine Bunting: Jon Kabat-Zinn is widely credited as the man who brought Zen Buddhism to the masses. Now he's bringing it to Downing Street
The best of all possible worlds?
Michael Cohen: Not yet, but as a UN report proves, we're making global progress. The other good news is that government really works
Universal healthcare: how are we going to afford it?
The goal of providing health coverage for everyone has the backing of a UN resolution, but how should it be financed? Join our panel debate, Thursday, 28 March at 1pm GMT
French are ‘taught to be gloomy by their culture’
Research finds that despite high standard of living happiness is elusive
George Osborne’s sugar pills won’t heal the pain, but Julia Gillard’s may
Gaby Hinsliff: The placebo effect has its place beyond medicine – as long as those who soothe us do so with our best interests at heart