Should parents introduce children to alcohol?
Tim Hayward wonders how we can best pass on our wisdom to a new generation
Help teens have sex without pregnancy
Heather Corinna: If we are to lower the abortion rate among young women, we must accept that teenagers will have sex and offer them advice
Health and safety fears are real
Matthew Stockwell: Zoe Williams may mock Cameron's 'elf'n'safety' speech, but they agree with each other that over-cautious officials are the problem
Conkers, goggles, elf’n’safety? You really could make it up
Zoe Williams: In signing up to the great health and safety outrage brigade, Cameron is tutting with the dim and winking at the savvy
End the gay blood ban
Peter Tatchell: Any man who has had sex with a man, even once, even 50 years ago, and even if they test HIV-negative, cannot give blood
Now is not the time for health cuts
Rachael Jolley: The NHS spends millions on treating avoidable lifestyle diseases – any cut in public health budgets would be a false economy
Calorie count guidance may rise by a cheeseburger
Committee says recommended adult daily calorie intake could be increased by 16%, or up to 400 calories a day
NHS missed target on chlamydia screening, says watchdog
National Audit Office report scrutinises failures of £150m campaign to curb spread of sexual disease
What’s the point of the NHS’s midlife MOT?
Regular health checks for over-40s will only help the 'worried well'
Running for office
Open thread: More and more politicians have taken to jogging. But is this about public image or fitness?