The one change that worked: ditching ultra-processed foods made me feel healthier and happier

After being diagnosed with a chronic digestive disorder, I cut out junk food and ready meals. Now, my diet is full of fruit and veg – and I’ve got my mojo back

Mental health crisis ‘means youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’

UN-commissioned study in UK, US, Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand finds satisfaction rises with age

My $30,000 health insurance claim was denied. Then I tweeted about it

Public shaming works – but it’s also a sign of how broken the appeals process is in the US health insurance industry

What I have learned in my filthy, bloody, sisyphean quest to tame my garden

It’s chaos as small jobs become big jobs, tools disappear and distractions lead to furious frustration, writes Adrian Chiles. Then you spot spring’s first flower ...

The pill hasn’t been improved in years. No wonder women are giving up on it

When contraception has stagnated for decades, it is hardly surprising it’s fallen victim to culture wars and a wellness cult

‘The bot asked me four times a day how I was feeling’: is tracking everything actually good for us?

Gathering data used to be a fringe pursuit of Silicon Valley nerds. Now we’re all at it, recording everything from menstrual cycles and mobility to toothbrushing and time spent in daylight. Is this just narcissism redesigned for the big tech age?

‘Betrayed by the system’: Chappell Roan sparks debate over pay and healthcare in pop

The singer castigated record labels in her Grammys speech – but, as music industry insiders explain, issues around artist health and support run even deeper

What is nerve flossing and does it help with nerve pain?

It can help relieve pain and tension, especially for patients recovering from injury or nerve compression conditions

What I learned from a lovely woman on a packed ward in hospital

Healthy people are being forced to stay in hospital because of a lack of social care – and it’s an indictment of our current system, writes Zoe Williams

The Inherited Mind by James Longman review – a moving memoir of mental illness in the family

The TV reporter’s struggles with depression and the suicide of his father, whose own father killed himself, prompt this incisive, highly personal investigation

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