Health

The Peptide Boom Is Getting Out of Hand

There’s no ambiguity about who Vyleesi is for. The prescription drug, commonly referred to as female Viagra, boosts the libido of women experiencing hypoactive-sexual-desire disorder, a condition in which lack of interest in sex causes distress. When Vyleesi was approved in 2019, an FDA official announced that it was evidence of the agency’s “commitment to protect and advance the health of women.”

I couldn’t stop worrying

My therapist told me that anxiety is a bully and, like all bullies, it needs to be put in its place. To my relief, she knew exactly how to do it

What 100 Million Volts Do to the Body and Mind

The odds of being struck by lightning in America in a given year are one in 1.2 million. How does the experience reorient a person’s sense of chance, of fate?

Changes in organ donor status can fall through cracks in the system

March 16, 2026 / 5:00 AM EDT / KFF Health News

The Plastic Detox review

In this affecting documentary, an epidemiologist asks six couples struggling to conceive to reduce their exposure to plastics and see if it helps. The results are startling – and prove that we should all make changes now

There Are Two Types of Airport People

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The Guardian view on weight-loss jabs and addiction: there is too much moralising about these remarkable medicines

Evidence is piling up that GLP-1 drugs can treat addiction. We must learn from the way that obesity has been stigmatised

Norovirus outbreak on Princess cruise ship sickens more than 150 passengers and crew

March 15, 2026 / 11:07 AM EDT / CBS News

Severe storm expected to hit DC with up to 75 mph winds

A severe storm is expected to move into the Washington, D.C., region Sunday night, bringing the potential for damaging wind gusts of up to 75 miles per hour and the risk of fast-moving thunderstorms, meteorologists said.

The world needs more compliments. Just try not to be weird about it

I’m inspired by Barbara from Stroud, who went viral for her way with a kind word. What we don’t need is the corporate nonsense from the likes of M&S and ‘chief compliments officer’ Gillian Anderson

How a ‘vacuum cleaner turned the other way’ became a popular solution to snoring disorders

Cpap machines were once used only for severe sleep apnoea but sleep medicine physicians say there has been a rise in prescribing for milder cases

Prue Leith looks back: ‘I had a great time on Bake Off, but I don’t think I’ll have any yearning when I see Nigella in that position’

The broadcaster, writer and former television judge on being useless at school, how ‘great parents’ instilled her self-confidence, and dealing with sexism