Natalie Healey

Neuroscience can help you beat the sea of distractions whether you’re headed back to the office or still working from home

A trial found that ovarian cancer screening doesn’t save lives, but the research still taught experts much about the disease

Birth control can help or hinder your dreams of clear skin. Find out how each type of contraception affects acne – and the best way to treat it

We’re getting better at acknowledging that sex in later life is important, but grieving for physical intimacy when a partner dies is rarely spoken about

COVAX is the international effort for sharing Covid vaccines with the world’s poorer countries. But could more be done by rich nations to ensure that recovery from the pandemic is more equitable? Natalie Healey investigates.

A high-fat diet is thought to increase the risk of a heart attack. But some say that the long-held dogma of ‘bad’ cholesterol might be flawed.

The British public holds the NHS in high regard, but leaders must address a number of major challenges if it is to meet the country’s growing medical needs

A coronavirus vaccine is on the way, but a big challenge will be convincing vaccine-hesitant people to have it and combating misinformation about the jab

Around half of the countries that still criminalise gay sex are members of the Commonwealth. Natalie Healey explores the impact these laws have for LGBTQ communities, and what is needed to further progress on this issue

Some medicines, such as epilepsy and HIV treatments, are known to stop hormonal birth control working as effectively as it's supposed to. But there is some debate about whether other medications such as antibiotics can cause contraception problems too. We take a look at the latest research.

Metastasis to the brain is usually a swift death sentence but researchers are developing ways to make it less lethal.

Aquaculture is the world’s fastest growing food-production sector, but as the industry grows, so does the amount of antibiotics used to keep farmed fish free of disease. Chadag Vishnumurthy Mohan, lead scientist at WorldFish, a non-profit research organization in Penang, Malaysia, spoke to Nature about what must be done to keep antimicrobial resistance at bay.

People from the UK’s most deprived communities are more likely to get cancer, but the problem of health inequality is more difficult to solve than it might seem

As the whole world puts its hope in a coronavirus vaccine, medical research has never felt so vital. But there’s also been a wealth of dangerous misinformation during the pandemic. Natalie Healey explores how life-saving science could be communicated more effectively

Despite advances in therapies for people with the genetic disease, women seem to have poorer outcomes.