School clamps down on phones and Fitbits to ease body image worries

Stroud high school for girls says tech gadgets and social media exacerbate pressures leading to low self-esteem

Am I pregnant? You asked Google – here’s the answer

Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions. Freelance journalist Nell Frizzell answers this common query

Blood contamination has killed 2,400. Why was this disaster ignored for so long?

Diana Johnson has long been calling for justice over the NHS’s worst treatment disaster. She writes about the announcement of an inquiry

Poor quality sleep could increase Alzheimer’s risk, research suggests

Findings raise possibility repeated disruption of slow wave sleep could lead to a buildup of proteins linked to disease

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

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

Gwyneth Paltrow is making us feel worse, not better

The tyranny of the smug well would drive any sane person into the arms of Monster Munches and Pop-Tarts