Britain has world’s third highest proportion of sexually active teens

UK also ranks badly among high-income nations for harmful teenage drinking, according to study in Lancet medical journal

Sexual health services hit by cuts

Projects for vulnerable, hard-to-reach teenagers and those at risk of being sexually exploited affected as cuts start to take hold

University counselling services are the first port of call for students in the grip of anxiety or depression – but will they survive funding cuts?

Recreational drugs have mutated from mood-enhancing to bladder-destroying. And no one seems to care

The Guardian obtains details of anti-abortion campaign talk claiming abortions are linked to a raised risk of breast cancer

Fears health targets will be missed after it is revealed that, despite decline in teenage smoking, pregnant girls are continuing the habit

Former gang member reveals how women suffer shocking sexual abuse in return for 'status'

Bill requiring schools to offer extra sex education classes for teenage girls was due to be debated on Friday

Feminists and humanists expected to demonstrate outside parliament against bill proposed by MP Nadine Dorries

About 27% of women between 16 and 24 had intercourse before they reached age of consent, according annual health survey