Broad beans could be the cure to Britain’s blues, says Cambridge research scientist

Sustainable and nutritious, fava beans are being hailed by Nadia Mohd-Radzman as vital for the UK’s mental health

‘It was the first time I wasn’t obsessed with food’: comedians mine Ozempic trend for laughs at Edinburgh fringe

Female comics will confront body dysmorphia by turning the mirror on themselves and then back on society

Why scientific support for alcohol’s health benefits is fading

Research exposes flaws of older, often industry-funded studies and finds lowest mortality risk in lifelong abstainers

Hongchi Xiao, the ‘slapping therapy’ healer convicted over two deaths

Paida lajin practitioner is critical of pharmaceutical industry and ‘western’ medicine with ‘toxic’ side-effects

Doctor behind trial of HIV prevention drug recounts breakthrough moment

Prof Linda-Gail Bekker receives ovation at Aids summit after presenting trial results of ‘miracle’ drug lenacapavir

Ice baths, rare steak and no masturbation: was Walt Whitman the first wellness influencer?

The poet’s strident views, outlined in an 1858 article entitled Manly Health and Training, are remarkably similar to many popular gurus operating in the modern manosphere

After several miscarriages – each with its own trauma – my husband and I were forced to cobble together a new life

Just because an event is seen as ‘common’ doesn’t mean it is something that is easy to ‘get through’. This is finally being acknowledged for pregnancy loss

Discovery of different forms of insomnia could lead to better treatment

Brain scans reveal evidence of five subtypes, raising prospect of tailored approaches to improving sleep

DIY smear tests are on their way? I’ll be first in the queue

I’m sure they’ll be tricky, given how much I struggled with lateral flow tests. But anything beats having to involve another human being, writes Emma Beddington

Sunbeds increase the risk of skin cancer, whatever TikTok tells you

There are no health benefits to tanning beds: they don’t help you produce vitamin D and are no substitute for proper medical treatments for skin conditions