US to conduct major study into female genital mutilation

Activists hail study, which will assess how many US women are at risk, as 'a great success for everyone who has fought for this'

Leslie Jamison: confessional writing is not self-indulgent

When Leslie Jamison wrote a collection of personal essays she was inundated with notes from strangers longing to share their stories in return

Jessica Valenti: In between the lines of the supreme court's decision on contraception coverage is an obsession with female purity

The Obama administration's healthcare act allows insurers to push transaction fees onto doctors, who are calling for changes

Federal and state healthcare exchanges still have a long way to go before they're ready to handle another enrolment

Software will gather and store health-related data and offer integrated control for 'smart home' devices like lighting

Thomas J Dart: How to fund real treatment, instead of turning would-be patients into expensive inmates

Fahma Mohamed backs American petition started by Atlanta woman who suffered mutilation as a child in the Gambia

Benefits of scientific testing in the area are outweighed by risks of pathogenic strains spreading round world, say researchers

Jessica Valenti: In states like Georgia, you can openly carry a gun, but you can't purchase a butt plug without a prescription