Sex education will help gay children
Joseph Galliano: New sex education rules will help all children feel comfortable with their sexuality – except those in faith schools
My body & soul
Andrew Marr, 50, political commentator, on running, drinking too much and cosmetic surgery
The human cost of screening for Down’s
Tom Shakespeare: We must provide better information about Down's syndrome to help inform the traumatic decisions behind the statistics
Middle classes must lose benefits
Andrew Haldenby: Our wasteful welfare system has decoupled work and reward. Help for the poorest should be handled at a local level
Sex trafficking: a futile war of statistics
Denis MacShane: The descent of a Newsnight discussion on the sex trade into a shouting match shows how difficult it is to debate the issue
Nice backs minimum pricing on alcohol to cut harmful drinking
Recommendation by government's expert advisory body will stir up public controversy over the issue
The Simpsons’ obesity drive
Neville Rigby: The health department thinks Homer and family can promote healthier lifestyles. D'oh! Or should that be DoH?
A revolution in care
Jackie Ashley: Conference season 09: Setting up a National Care Service would be equivalent to the creation of the NHS – now to tell the public what social care is
Fit for purpose?
Should a political leader's health be a matter of public interest? Former foreign secretary David Owen says that honesty is always the best policy
Don’t criminalise young sex
Peter Tatchell: Like it or not, people under the age of 16 have sex – the current law of consent doesn't protect them, it persecutes them