Don’t believe the contraception industry: sex education doesn’t work
Response: Teaching children that sex is separate from marriage has led to untold misery, says Norman Wells
Brown gives go-ahead to £500m medical research centre
The prime minister Gordon Brown is to announce the creation of a £500m research centre to tackle health threats such as HIV, meningitis, and cancer
Clear thinking?
Open Thread: Growing numbers of students are turning to performance-enhancing drugs to improve their grades. Do you approve?
Students reassured on meningitis outbreak
Health officials have told Cambridge University's 20,000 students not to worry after an outbreak of meningitis left three undergraduates in hospital.
Why I am dreaming of free lunches
Mariella Frostrup: Children aren't obese just for the heck of it, but because many low-income families survive on a diet that went out of fashion in the late Seventies.
Donovan aims to put students on higher plane
· Meditation to underpin university's curriculum· David Lynch backs singer's proposal for institution
A sizeable problem
The Foresight report has produced a remarkable change of gear in the debate on obesity. The issue can no longer be ignored.