Is it wrong to drink alcohol while pregnant? Even the experts disagree

Though it is generally agreed binge-drinking poses significant risks to a foetus, authorities are split on the effect of moderate alcohol intake after 12 weeks

Depression and self-harm soar among private school pupils, poll suggests

Survey of headteachers finds problems including eating disorders are now at unprecedented levels, with social media and exam stress blamed

Weight gain in teens may be linked to late nights, says study

US research reveals teenagers’ body mass index increasing with every hour they stay up during the school week

Profit, not patients: the risks of private medicine

Ultimately, private providers have their shareholders’ interests at heart, not their patients’. A GP and celebrated writer shares his experiences of how the healthcare system works

Junior NHS doctors have it easy now, or do they? – cartoon

Why older doctors complaining about a possible strike by their younger colleagues might be in need of a reality check

I didn’t get the prenatal tests for Down’s syndrome. Here’s why

I have shocked shopkeepers, family and friends by openly declaring I would not abort if my baby was diagnosed with Down’s. I’m shocked by their shock

Tinder and Grindr outraged over STD testing billboards that reference apps

Tinder demanded its name be removed while Grindr halted Aids Healthcare Foundation ads on site as AHF president called dating app companies ‘tone deaf’

The Guardian view on endometriosis: a silent source of unnecessary misery

Editorial: Not life-threatening, but life-altering: the disease that neither its victims nor medicine know enough about

Endometriosis took my fertility, and part of my self

Women with endometriosis need kind people and safe spaces, writes the Booker-prize winning author, in this foreword to a new book on the disease

Miles ahead: school that fired starting gun on running revolution

The ‘daily mile’ completed by primary pupils in Stirling is said to aid concentration as well as fitness. Other schools across the UK are taking notice