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

Why do stars like Adele keep losing their voice?

The long read: More and more singers are cancelling big shows and turning to surgery to fix their damaged vocal cords. But is the problem actually down to the way they sing?

Teenage pregnancy in the US is at an all-time low. Trump could soon change that

Trump administration’s decision to cut nationwide sex ed programs is putting many young lives at risk

A danger to public health? Uproar as scientist urges us to eat more salt

Exclusive: In a new book a US scientist claims eating more salt will make us healthier. But UK experts have condemned the advice as potentially dangerous

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

New class of antibiotic raises hopes for urgently-needed gonorrhoea drug

With the sexually transmitted disease fast becoming drug resistant, successful lab tests of closthioamide show potential as an effective new treatment

HRT and vaginal moisturisers? Here’s what really helps menopausal women

Products claiming to ‘fix’ the menopause are now a multibillion-dollar global industry. We asked the experts for their advice on what works and what doesn’t

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

Telling people ‘you’re wrong’ doesn’t work – for breastfeeding or anything else

If you want to change human behaviour, don’t appeal to logic, says communications strategist Nicky Hawkins

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