Young patients turn to blogs to make cancer public
Three young people explain how writing a blog helps them explore their feelings about what it's like to live with the disease
Dangers of alcohol not a priority for parents
One in three parents do not talk to their children about the dangers of alcohol and are more concerned about unwanted pregnancies, car accidents and drugs, survey finds
Help teens have sex without pregnancy
Heather Corinna: If we are to lower the abortion rate among young women, we must accept that teenagers will have sex and offer them advice
Don’t criminalise young sex
Peter Tatchell: Like it or not, people under the age of 16 have sex – the current law of consent doesn't protect them, it persecutes them
Students warned of lethal risks from ‘legal highs’
Ministers back campaign to warn clubbers of health dangers
Call for alcohol laws as liver disease soars
Excessive drinking habits led to sharp rise in cases of cirrhosis in England over the past five years, health study finds
I have diabetes and an eating disorder
A doctor told me I had one of the deadliest combinations he'd ever seen - diabetes and an eating disorder
How to police popslash
This week the case against the author a violent rape fantasy was dropped - further evidence that existing obscenity laws have no teeth. But would we have it any other way?
Not just pills and condoms
Anne Weyman: Messages on preventing pregnancy and disease have left better forms of contraception ignored
Feuding couples should ‘split for children’s sake’
Children whose parents remain married but frequently argue do worse at school, new research claims