10 reasons people are lonely? It’s more complicated than that
In the making of The Age of Loneliness, I set out to find people brave enough to tell me about their feelings on camera, and found some surprising results
Cuts to sexual health services will lead to STI ‘explosion’, warn experts
Labour analysis predicts £40m less will be spent on testing and treating infection in 2016 despite rates of gonorrhoea and syphilis soaring
Italian government investigates after five pregnant women die in a week
Health ministry send teams to four hospitals in north of Italy, which has one of the world’s lowest maternal mortality rates
Robert Spitzer obituary
Psychiatrist who transformed the ‘world bible’ of psychiatric diagnosis
Unforbidden Pleasures review – taking liberties
Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips’s study of desire and restraint asks more questions than it answers
How to conquer jet lag
Light is the key to getting back into the swing of things in a different time zone, says Dan Glaser
Animal-themed condoms aim to slow population growth – with grandpa’s help
Environmentalists have handed out 40,000 free ‘endangered species condoms’ on student campuses, farmers’ markets and even via elderly people
FGM court orders: a quiet revolution in child protection
School holidays can leave girls particularly vulnerable to female genital mutilation, but a recent measure avoiding criminal law can help
Could hipster bushes be the new beards? It’s time for pubic hair to be cool again
Women have Brazilians, men have bushy beards. Where’s the hair equality in that? It’s time to ditch the depilation and embrace ‘objectionable hair’
Paws for thought: how pet therapy is gaining traction
Animal assisted therapy has expanded far beyond hospital waiting rooms – today, animals assist with physical therapy, help tutor children and provide comfort in disaster zones