From burgers to breaded mackerel: how Croydon is fighting the fat

On one of London’s unhealthiest high streets one in four children is obese, but now the council has stepped in

GPs in England ‘unconfident’ discussing physical activity with patients – report

Less than two-thirds of doctors feel confident discussing activity levels and almost a third have never heard of national guidelines

It’s too late for my son, but the end of the campaign for ‘normal birth’ is welcome

The Royal College of Midwives has abandoned the ideology that may have contributed to many deaths, including that of my son, says patient safety campaigner James Titcombe

Viagra prescriptions on NHS triple in 10 years as stigma fades

Doctors warn of dangers of buying erectile dysfunction drugs online after £17m of counterfeit Viagra seized in year

Why I wrote a comedy show about incontinence

As a physiotherapist, I know a third of women don’t have reliable body control. I wanted to raise awareness of this taboo subject at Edinburgh festival

NHS maternity wards in England forced to close 382 times last year

Figures obtained by Labour reveal ‘appalling’ treatment of women, largely due to staff shortages and lack of beds and cots

HIV prevention drug PrEP to be offered at sexual health clinics

NHS trial of treatment to start in five cities in September with full implementation by April

People can live with mental illness. I am living proof of this

Art allowed me to express myself in a way I had never done before. I’ve come so far since my desperate suicide attempt

Government cuts ‘leave sexual health services at tipping point’

With demand rising, councils say patients face longer waits to see a specialist and efforts to tackle outbreaks could be hit

I was neither female nor starving myself. So how was I anorexic?

Being a male patient on an eating disorders ward was isolating at times, but it was a life-changing experience, writes student Toby Symonds