The puppy room – easing life’s pain in a stroke

Morven Crumlish: A Canadian university is offering a room full of puppies to help stressed-out students. Where's mine?

Communication barriers in sex education put deaf people at risk

A lack of sex education resources for young, deaf people is leaving many without the knowledge or skills to keep safe, finds Charlie Swinbourne

Test could be used to screen 11- and 12-year-olds, alerting doctors to those most likely to succumb to debilitating illnesses

The world's biggest survey of drug use is underway, and the Guardian is asking UK students to share their experiences – anonymously of course

I want help about my mental health problems but I don't have a good relationship with my GP

Having seen the effect drugs like Modafinil have had on my friends, I'm steering clear

Thrust into a sleazepit of booze, boys and badness, a Muslim student found her wits sharpened by moral challenges

Students believe their friends are all experimenting with drugs, but survey shows that's not true

Terry Hawkins explains how FPA is using its new social enterprise arm to help fund work promoting sexual awareness

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