Students struggling with finances in ‘desperate state’, claims union

National Union of Students’ leader warns that many students struggle to pay for food, basic travel and textbooks

Be your own therapist? Fine – if you’re up to the job

We should be wary of any suggestion that self-help could replace therapy, writes Mark Brown

UK medicines agency seizes HIV home-test kits over false result risk

More than 100 Hightop kits, which have not met EU regulations, seized as agency warns consumers against using them

UK families could get money off shopping bills if they hit exercise goals

NHS ‘healthy towns’ scheme could offer rewards such as free cinema tickets in attempt to reduce lifestyle-related illnesses

Disabled student told he will fail course because he cannot write shorthand

MSPs condemn exam board after Kyle Gunn, who has cerebral palsy, informed he would be denied journalism qualification

Sexual health shake-up in south-west London unsafe, experts say

Cost-cutting plans in three boroughs will lead to more STIs, HIV and unintended pregnancies, senior doctors warn

It’s too late for my son, but the end of the campaign for ‘normal birth’ is welcome

The Royal College of Midwives has abandoned the ideology that may have contributed to many deaths, including that of my son, says patient safety campaigner James Titcombe

‘The stigma is more in my own mind’: men on using Viagra

Viagra use among men has tripled, with doctors saying there is less stigma around it. We asked readers whether they agreed

Is physiotherapy really worth it, or are there cheaper solutions?

I’m getting quite bad pains from constant keyboard work, but I don’t earn much so physio will be a massive cost for me

Viagra prescriptions on NHS triple in 10 years as stigma fades

Doctors warn of dangers of buying erectile dysfunction drugs online after £17m of counterfeit Viagra seized in year