The puppy room – easing life’s pain in a stroke

Morven Crumlish: A Canadian university is offering a room full of puppies to help stressed-out students. Where's mine?

Studies show alarming sperm count falls, but some distrust the figures

Latest French research reports a huge decline over a 17-year period, and numbers are a big cause for concern – if true

Aids drugs increase South African life expectancy by five years

Boost to life expectancy after shift in health policy as antiretroviral medication given to 1.9 million people with HIV

Zig Ziglar and staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down, Down world

Oliver Burkeman: Britons may have grounds to sneer at positive-thinking gurus, but the late 'Master of Motivation' knew life was also hard work

Gross national happiness in Bhutan: the big idea from a tiny state that could change the world

Bhutan measures prosperity by gauging its citizens' happiness levels, not the GDP. Now its ideas are attracting interest at the UN climate change conference in Doha

Hillary Clinton launches blueprint for eradication of Aids

The blueprint aims to prevent the spread of the disease and to reach all those who need treatment across the globe

Hillary Clinton predicts Aids-free generation

US secretary of state launches five-point 'Blueprint' to eradicate Aids pandemic

Painkiller addiction: the plague that is sweeping the US

Ed Pilkington: Prescription pill overdoses are killing 15,000 Americans a year, and the toll is growing

Ditch the car to walk or cycle short journeys ‘for healthier Britain’

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence says 'invisible burden' of inactivity and obesity as harmful as smoking

Aberdeen is the happiest place in Scotland… and that’s no joke

Despite its reputation as a cold, hard and dour city, Aberdeen offers rich culture, low unemployment and an enviable lifestyle