Sex ed Paraguay-style: condoms are unsafe, silence on LGBTQ+ people
Country awash with teenage pregnancies to launch new school curriculum on sex – but is it worse than none at all?
If only other cancer patients could wish it all away, just like heroic Elle Macpherson
Like other celebrity wellness entrepreneurs, the former model seems to peddle nonsense
Elle Macpherson refused to have chemotherapy after breast cancer diagnosis
Supermodel says she is in remission after being diagnosed seven years ago and rejecting some aspects of conventional medicine
Young people’s health at risk from fall in condom use, warns WHO
International survey of 250,000 15-year-olds found nearly a third of them did not use a condom or the pill
‘I wasn’t sure I’d make it’: how a new mother’s brush with TB could mean better treatment for pregnant women
Fewer that 1.5% of drugs trials between 1960 and 2013 included expectant women. Now, campaigners and doctors are aiming to change that
Birthrates are plummeting worldwide. Can governments turn the tide?
Nations are deploying baby bonuses, subsidised childcare and parental leave to try to reverse a rapidly declining fertility rate – largely to no avail
Doctor behind trial of HIV prevention drug recounts breakthrough moment
Prof Linda-Gail Bekker receives ovation at Aids summit after presenting trial results of ‘miracle’ drug lenacapavir
Discovery of different forms of insomnia could lead to better treatment
Brain scans reveal evidence of five subtypes, raising prospect of tailored approaches to improving sleep
Ruth Westheimer obituary
American therapist, author and broadcaster known as Dr Ruth who talked openly about sex on her radio and TV shows
‘I am happy to see how my baby is bouncing’: the AI transforming pregnancy scans in Africa
While ultrasound services are normal practice in many countries, software being tested in Uganda will allow a scan without the need for specialists, providing an incentive for pregnant women to visit health services early on