‘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

Family accuse London hospital of ‘negligence and discrimination’ after death of mother and baby

Ayaan Waeys, who had Somali heritage, had shown symptoms of pre-eclampsia and died at St Thomas’ hospital in London after giving birth to stillborn girl

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

20,000 female condoms, 200,000 male condoms, 10,000 dental dams: will Paris 2024 be the sexiest Olympics ever?

It’s not the first time athletes and officials have been showered with contraceptives, writes Arwa Mahdawi. But is there any logic to the options on offer?

Face your anger and let it out. It’s the only way to stay healthy

More than sadness, hatred or grief, rage is something that we shut away or flee. That endangers our relationships, our happiness – and our safety

‘I felt I had no right to grieve’: what happens if your sorrow doesn’t seem appropriate?

When the author Daisy Buchanan lost a series of friends, she felt bereft – yet also that her feelings were misplaced. Here, she explores the notion of ‘disenfranchised grief’ – and learns how to let her sorrow in