Book an appointment: doctors to prescribe novels in new scheme
The Reading Well for Young People campaign lists books to help young people deal with mental-health issues and will be available at surgeries and libraries
Cosmetic treatment industry given strict rules to protect vulnerable
Regulations mean doctors must avoid irresponsible advertising and personally manage patient consent process
Amy Schumer is fuelling plus-size prejudice, not fighting it
The comedian protested at being included in a plus-size edition of Glamour magazine. But her reaction was purely self-regarding – and smacked of hypocrisy
Number of deaths in England and Wales hits 12-year high
Public Health England says less effective flu vaccine may have contributed to largest percentage rise in deaths since 1968
Dublin drag queen turns pub into HIV-Aids testing centre
Panti Bliss hopes basement bar service will help arrest steep rise in infections among young gay men in Irish Republic
The sugar conspiracy
The Long Read: In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so wrong for so long?
Will having herpes affect my sex life and ability to have children?
I’ve just been diagnosed and I don’t know what to expect in the future
Is chronic fatigue syndrome finally being taken seriously?
Once dismissed by many doctors as a psychological illness, new research suggests CFS has its roots in infection – and there is hope of successful treatment
From FGM victim to teacher: ‘You are always running from it. But you get tired. You have to confront it’
When Hibo Wardere was six, she was forced to undergo female genital mutilation. She suffered in silence for many years. But an encounter with a 10-year-old girl in London changed her life – and led her to write a searing memoir about her fight against the barbaric practice
I’m a man and I have an eating disorder. That’s not a contradiction
Wentworth Miller’s brave Facebook post reminded me how difficult it is for men to talk about mental health and their bodies. But it’s an issue for millions of us