Painful advice on giving birth
Ros Taylor: The NCT taught my husband to rub my back, but risks making many women feel a failure for not doing 'natural' childbirth
Sexually transmitted infections in under-16s rise by 58%
Number of under-16s contracting sex infections has rocketed in five years
A pledge of allegiance to the NHS
DD Guttenplan: A US ad campaign describes the perils of 'government-run healthcare in Britain', but I thank my lucky stars for the NHS
More UK swine flu cases confirmed, bringing total to 65
Scotland has five confirmed swine flu cases and the rest are in England where the four schools closed last week reopened today
Don’t leave migration policy to the BNP
Michael Keith: As the election approaches Britain needs to address the tensions created by old equalities legislation and the contemporary realities of job competition amid recession
Swine flu is a headache for doctors
Ann Robinson: So far, the only symptom of the swine flu outbreak seen by most UK GPs is anxiety, but we could do with more guidance
Cereals laden with sugar, report warns
Breakfast cereals targeted at children not meeting government's healthy food targets, says Which?
This pill is a cheap, nasty way out of dealing with the real causes of obesity
Zoe Williams: It suits policymakers to offer the overweight a magic bullet: better than facing expensive stuff like economic hopelessness
Pre-watershed condom ads are counsel of despair
Michael White: There are better ways of reducing Britain's shocking teenage pregnancy rate than contraceptive messages at teatime
I narrowly avoided Jade’s fate
Jo Wood: A chance clinic visit showed I had cervical cancer at 21. Even if you think you are too young or don't qualify, get tested now