Why I wrote the sex manual I’d have loved as a teenager
The Spanish YouTuber Chusita gives young people honest, down-to-earth advice on sex in her new book, This Is Not a Sex Book
Half of junior doctors having accidents or near misses after night shifts
Sleep deprivation among trainee doctors and anaesthetists is causing accidents or near misses on way home, report says
Men: forget younger women, and face up to the fact that sperm goes off too
Recent research shows that male fertility declines after the age of 40. Perhaps we all need to be a bit more honest about the choices we make• Christina Patterson is a writer, broadcaster and columnist
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
Is standing up the new sitting down?
Sitting down could be as bad as smoking, but offices would get a bit crowded if everyone wandered around constantly – and beside, we all like a nice desk
I’ve grown old with HIV. I don’t fear the virus any more, I fear the stigma
New cases among gay men in London have fallen for the first time. We’re turning a corner, but there’s a lot to do to bring attitudes and awareness up to date
The pleasure and pain of leaving the woodland utopia that taught us so much
The author and community leader recalls both frustrations and miracles as he passes his residential sanctuary into new hands
‘It’s a superpower’: meet the empaths paid to read your mind
They feel your pain as if it were their own – and charge you £200 an hour to do so. Why has empathy become such a prized commodity?
May cause drowsiness: how to make sense of drug instructions
A new report says the information sheets that accompany medication should be made simpler. In the meantime, here’s how get a handle on them