In the not-so-distant past, women wore workout clothes to work out. Wearing them to brunch, happy hour and work was hardly thought of as fashionable. In fact, it was considered pretty odd. But in 2014, sales of leggings and yoga pants are up, while denim sales are down. People are wearing trendy

“New mums bribed to breastfeed” ran headlines last week, as the Lancet reported that a pilot scheme offering women shopping vouchers worth up to £200 if they breastfed their babies will now be extended to more than 4,000 women. The ensuing debate worried away at the ethics of financially

Today’s news features a set of brilliantly daft pictures from a Chinese hospital that is offering men the opportunity to experience the pain of childbirth. The labour-simulating device (which sounds like a supercharged version of those useless abdominal toners sold to optimistic couch potatoes on

If you’ve lost your memory, confidence, vaginal lubrication, and are flushed and sweaty 24/7, then welcome to the menopause. A survey of 3,275 women by Nuffield Health found that more than 60% of women between the ages of 40 and 65 had menopausal symptoms that were making them behave differently or

More than a quarter of women going through the menopause struggle to cope with everyday life due to their symptoms, research shows. A fifth have been forced to take time off work, while one in 50 are on long-term sick leave. Half say they are depressed, while more than a third suffer from anxiety,