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Don’t leave your razor in the shower – and eight other rules for shaving

Shaving can sometimes leave us covered in angry red bumps – experts share dos and don’ts for smooth gliding

20,000 female condoms, 200,000 male condoms, 10,000 dental dams: will Paris 2024 be the sexiest Olympics ever?

It’s not the first time athletes and officials have been showered with contraceptives, writes Arwa Mahdawi. But is there any logic to the options on offer?

Face your anger and let it out. It’s the only way to stay healthy

More than sadness, hatred or grief, rage is something that we shut away or flee. That endangers our relationships, our happiness – and our safety

The experts: oncologists on the simple, doable, everyday things they do to try to prevent cancer

Cancer doctors know better than anyone how you can give yourself the best possible chance of avoiding a disease that one in two of us will get. Here, they share the tips that they live by

‘It comes for your very soul’: how Alzheimer’s undid my dazzling, creative wife in her 40s

The long read: By the time my wife got a diagnosis, her long and harrowing deterioration had already begun. By the end, I was in awe of her

59 summer problems solved – from sunburn and sweating to wasps and wedgies

Limp salad, bad barbecues, jellyfish stings and chafing. Summer can be a tricky season – but our experts are on hand to help with your hot-weather headaches

UK universities urged to end drugs zero tolerance and focus on harm reduction

Report proposing new approach welcomed by mother of Jeni Larmour, who died after taking alcohol and ketamine

Risk of serious injury as strangling during sex becomes normalised among young Australians

Sexual violence experts concerned about health risks and lack of consent after survey shows almost 60% of respondents under 35 had been choked at least once

Do be a quitter! How I broke my exercise streak – and smashed my fitness goals

Should you struggle on when you’re really not feeling it? As I’ve learned, sometimes it’s much better to ditch your plan

Coming of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us by Lucy Foulkes review – deep dive into the teenage mind

An academic psychologist’s insightful and compassionate study of adolescence is expertly presented, plotting out harmful as well as helpful transitions into adulthood

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