Going no contact with family is not a trend, its a last resort

We need sunlight to keep us in good health, but getting sunburnt from too much UV exposure – especially for fair-skinned people – isn’t the only risk. “UV is important for getting Vitamin D and keeping us healthy, but too much of it can cause skin cancer or eye cataracts,” says Dr Michaela Hegglin from…

The Melodies for Mums classes in south London started in 2017 and now take on more than 400 women a year Specially designed singing classes are clinically effective at treating mums with postnatal depression, a major three-year study has found. The authors say they could also be cost effective for the NHS at a time…

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Getty Images More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning. Children are, on average, nine times more likely than adults to vape, it says, based on available global figures. The WHO’s Dr…

Getty Images Amber and yellow heat health alerts have been issued for all of England, from 12:00 BST on Monday until 18:00 on Wednesday. The amber alerts are for London, the South East, East of England, East Midlands and West Midlands. The yellow alerts are for Yorkshire and the Humber, the South West, North East…