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

HPV vaccine: anger over decision not to extend NHS scheme to boys

Health bodies condemn panel’s conclusion that more jabs against cancer-causing infection are unlikely to be cost-effective

Arts can help recovery from illness and keep people well, report says

All-party inquiry demonstrates benefits to health and wellbeing of the arts, leading to fall in hospital admissions

Senior doctors call for public inquiry into use of vaginal mesh surgery in UK

Experts draw comparisons with the thalidomide scandal as they reveal that traumatic complications are more common than official figures suggest

HIV treatment has come a long way – but there’s still work to do

As a sexual health doctor I see a lack of funding threatens the treatment of sexually transmitted infections

Blood contamination has killed 2,400. Why was this disaster ignored for so long?

Diana Johnson has long been calling for justice over the NHS’s worst treatment disaster. She writes about the announcement of an inquiry

NHS attended to 9,000 FGM cases in England last year, report reveals

Report reveals slight drop on figures from 2016 – but Royal College of Nursing says number is not falling fast enough

Britons are among most at-risk in Europe for alcohol-related cancer

British people consume 2.1 alcoholic drinks every day on average, above the threshold that increases risk of cancer

Nervous about speaking to someone touched by serious illness? Here’s my advice

When my husband developed a life-threatening illness, my world fell apart – but I was saved by others’ kindness. Here’s my advice on how to help in this situation

Green dreams: the growing case for medical marijuana

Should medical cannabis be legalised? It makes sense to the woman with MS who pays £500 a month on it, and the neurologist whose patients resort to street drugs