Americans ‘are sicker and die younger’ than people in other wealthy nations

Damning official report on US health finds death and disease taking huge toll on population, particularly among young

Ultrasound parties? Let’s confront this culture of oversharing

Jean Hannah Edelstein: If an expectant mother invites you to view her unborn child in her living room, don't just pretend you have a cold

No ironic spin is possible for SoulCycle coming to Williamsburg

Emma Brockes: New York's 'sincerity wars' have been prematurely curtailed – by the arrival in hipster central of an entirely irony-free exercise cult

Zig Ziglar and staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down, Down world

Oliver Burkeman: Britons may have grounds to sneer at positive-thinking gurus, but the late 'Master of Motivation' knew life was also hard work

Hillary Clinton launches blueprint for eradication of Aids

The blueprint aims to prevent the spread of the disease and to reach all those who need treatment across the globe

Hillary Clinton predicts Aids-free generation

US secretary of state launches five-point 'Blueprint' to eradicate Aids pandemic

Painkiller addiction: the plague that is sweeping the US

Ed Pilkington: Prescription pill overdoses are killing 15,000 Americans a year, and the toll is growing

Making porn actors wear condoms is not the best way to protect us

Stoya: Measure B, a law requiring the use of condoms in adult movies in LA County, fixes a problem that doesn't exist. Our sex is safe

LA County’s Measure B is a major win for safe sex in adult entertainment

Gail Dines: The failure to block the pro-condom ballot, for all their political leverage and wealthy donors, is a knock for Big Porn's exploiters

Thomas Szasz obituary

Psychiatrist who fought coercion and denied the existence of mental illness