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

In 1672 the eminent Dutch physician Regnier de Graaf published one of the defining works in the history of biology, unravelling many of the mysteries of the human reproductive system at a time when microscopic techniques were still in their infancy. But alongside De Graaf’s many detailed sketches

Fewer than one in 10 people who are obese would ever describe themselves as such, according to research showing that most people with a weight problem seriously underestimate it. Being overweight and obese have become so common that perceptions have shifted, suggest the authors of a paper in the

Supposedly healthy supermarket smoothies and juices aimed at children can contain up to eight teaspoons of sugar - more than one-and-a-half times as much as in Coca-Cola, according to a survey carried out for a health campaign group. A quarter of the products tested had at least six teaspoons for

Most Australians say stress is affecting their mental health and there is a widening wellbeing gap between the sexes, a new mental health report says. The Australian Psychological Society’s (APS) survey of stress and wellbeing also found 2014 was a tough year for women, with many reporting