Children’s lack of sleep is ‘hidden health crisis’, experts say NHS statistics for England show sleep disorder admissions for under-16s was almost 10,000 last year
Don’t tell women to shut up about childbirth. Sharing stories saves lives Giving birth is bloody painful. Why deny it? But it’s also the experience of a lifetime, says Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore
This heart age test is heaping more pressure on overloaded GPs Doctors could be inundated with patients seeking advice after being alarmed by the results
Heart health: the science behind keeping heart disease at bay Experts reveal how our lifestyles can affect our efforts to keep our hearts healthy
Should we press-gang older people into having fun? Games such as cribbage, pontoon and shove ha’penny could take us back to the school yard and rattle our marbles
Syphilis diagnoses are booming – it’s clear sexual health needs an overhaul Responsibility for services is shared by NHS and councils and there is little evidence of a united effort on prevention
Hospital admissions for teenage girls who self-harm nearly double School work and social media blamed for rise to 13,500 patients from 7,300 in 1997
‘Despairingly lacking’: a midwife on support for breastfeeding mothers The early stages are crucial, but busy midwives cannot always provide the help that is needed
Dangerous liaisons: why syphilis and gonorrhoea have returned to haunt Britain Clinic appointments fill up in minutes and babies are once again being born with syphilis – what is behind Britain’s sexual health crisis?
Kick pushchair-chasing companies like Emma’s Diary out of our hospitals Using the NHS to gain commercial access to pregnant women and new mothers is totally unacceptable