Losing your smartphone: the five stages of grief
Dean Burnett: Given how indispensable smartphones can become to a person’s life, the loss of one is worryingly hard to cope with
Which health websites can you trust?
Ann Robinson: With online health advice ranging from the helpful to the hysterical, where should you turn when illness strikes? Health experts share the websites they recommend
Sense: A gadget to change the way we sleep
James Proud’s sleep monitoring device is a step beyond those on the market, sensing a range of environmental factors to help you get a better night’s sleep
2015 will be the year wearable tech gets under the skin
The next wave of wearables, from smartwatches and ‘smart’ clothes to health trackers
Exercise: which regimes are worth the pain?
From HIIT to pilates, swimming, running, ultramarathons and crossfit, there are scores of ways to get fit. But which will really make a difference?
Wearable tech for Christmas? It probably won’t help you get fit
To help improve users’ health and fitness, wearable gadgets need to be re-designed towards influencing behaviours
The history of feminine hygiene products is far from peachy
Liz Cookman: the announcement of a probiotic supplement that would make vaginas smell like peaches was erroneous, but there’s a long history of companies using science to sell unnecessary vag-products
Text neck: how smartphones are damaging our spines
Homa Khaleeli: Constantly looking down at an angle places enormous strain on the spine and can result in permanent harm, according to a new report
Sweet Peach won’t make vaginas smell like fruit or taste of Diet Coke
Probiotic supplement Sweet Peach will analyse micro-organisms and has nothing to do with peach, roses or soft drinks – or the men who introduced it
Finnish teenagers with sleeping disorders double in last 20 years
Study reveals increase in insomnia and experts believe energy drinks and smartphones may be to blame