Digital contraceptives and period trackers: the rise of femtech

With market predicted to be worth $50bn by 2025, is women’s health no longer being overlooked by tech?

Please, doctor, don’t call my lost baby a ‘product of conception’

The grief of losing a pregnancy can be compounded by language. More openness and sensitivity is needed, says Katy Lindemann

Austerity is the wrong prescription for the world’s wellbeing

Findings about the impact of a course of heavy-duty cuts on life expectancy make grim reading

Children’s lack of sleep is ‘hidden health crisis’, experts say

NHS statistics for England show sleep disorder admissions for under-16s was almost 10,000 last year

Don’t tell women to shut up about childbirth. Sharing stories saves lives

Giving birth is bloody painful. Why deny it? But it’s also the experience of a lifetime, says Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore

This heart age test is heaping more pressure on overloaded GPs

Doctors could be inundated with patients seeking advice after being alarmed by the results

Heart health: the science behind keeping heart disease at bay

Experts reveal how our lifestyles can affect our efforts to keep our hearts healthy

Should we press-gang older people into having fun?

Games such as cribbage, pontoon and shove ha’penny could take us back to the school yard and rattle our marbles

Syphilis diagnoses are booming – it’s clear sexual health needs an overhaul

Responsibility for services is shared by NHS and councils and there is little evidence of a united effort on prevention

Hospital admissions for teenage girls who self-harm nearly double

School work and social media blamed for rise to 13,500 patients from 7,300 in 1997