Spire Healthcare reports profit and revenue jump as its work for NHS increases
Private hospital group also benefited from higher take-up of private health insurance among working-age people
‘Women feel like failures if they haven’t had a “normal” birth’: how the NCT has shaped childbirth in the UK
It was founded to promote natural deliveries and has become Britain’s biggest and most influential antenatal charity – but did its policies harm some mothers and babies?
M&S sells knickers designed to be worn with stoma, in UK high street first
Idea was initially mooted by employee of retailer, which worked with Colostomy UK to gain expert insight
Stronger, stinkier, softer: how Britain fell in love with cheese beyond cheddar
From halloumi to provoleta to comté, sales of overseas cheeses are up as UK tastes turn to the exotic
Body Shop nears rescue deal with group led by British cosmetics tycoon
Mike Jatania’s Auréa heading consortium in exclusive talks with administrators for UK chain
Is there asbestos in your makeup? Why women with cancer are suing big beauty brands
As tens of thousands of lawsuits related to Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder flood US courts, many women are coming forward claiming that talc-based makeup gave them asbestos-related mesothelioma. Why is talc still present in almost all cosmetics?
Delays, denials, debt and the growing privatization of Medicare
Medicare Advantage enrollees report treatment denials and delays in payment, leading to harmful outcomes in healthcare
‘I made curtains on the train’: the commuters livening up their journeys
From a velomobile to inline skating and audiobooks, six people reveal how travelling to work is no chore
Scientists pour scorn on mushroom coffee, the latest ‘healthy’ food trend
UK demand growing for beverages made from fungi, but experts dismiss innovations as ‘health products you don’t need’
Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’
Philip Morris International has supported non-smoking programmes around the world ‘to advance its own interests’, say health professionals