Deep space astronauts may be prone to erectile dysfunction, study finds
Tampon that tests for STIs created by British startup
October 2023
Sexual healing
Will my genital herpes mean I never have sex again?
I tell men about my condition and they never stick around. I don’t know what to do
Climate action must focus on women’s health
Letter: Christina Chilimba on how extreme weather events such as Cyclone Freddy in Malawi can affect the health and rights of women and girls
Climate crisis is ‘not gender neutral’: UN calls for more policy focus on women
Only a third of countries with climate crisis plans include access to sexual, maternal and newborn health services, UNFPA report finds
September 2023
Eva wanted the morning-after pill after a sexual assault. Confronting pharmacy questions left her ‘frustrated’
Study provides new insights into British people’s sex lives as they age
August 2023
Don’t feel pressured, learn to ‘simmer’ and keep experimenting: how to have great sex at every stage of life
Expert tips on a fun, fulfilling sex life – for teenagers, octogenarians and anyone in between
July 2023
Fashion Statement newsletter
The pill put condoms out of style – now fashion designers are reviving a flaccid market
‘The sex ed class you wish you’d had’: the influencer doctors teaching Americans the basics
June 2023
Inquisitive, beloved Canadian sex educator Sue Johanson dies aged 93
Johanson was venerated as a forthright educator who filled voids left by the absence of sex ed curricula at US and Canadian schools
‘Between pleasure and health’: how sex-tech firms are reinventing the vibrator
A new wave of sex toys is designed to combine orgasmic joy with relief from dryness, tension and pain
Syphilis cases at highest level for 75 years in England last year
Figures also show gonorrhoea diagnoses rose by 50% to 82,600 – the highest figure since records began in 1918
May 2023
My cheating boyfriend told me he was a sex addict. Was it a disorder – or just an excuse?
When I found out my partner had been lying for years, my whole world shattered. Did calling it an addiction mean I had to forgive him?
Other lives
Dorothy Milne obituary
Other lives: Family planning and sexual health doctor who co-founded the One25 charity
‘I miss the sex’: Why are the sexual needs of the bereaved still a taboo?
A woman mourning the loss of her husband was advised to take up gardening, another was told to get a dog… But intimacy and desire among grieving people is something we all need to know about, writes Kat Lister
April 2023
How to have a healthy sex life
From scheduling sex to being selfish: 10 ways to improve intimacy
How to have a healthy sex life
Full speed ahead: why do some of us struggle with low libido – and five ways to help
‘When people can talk about sex, they flourish’: the rise of sexual wellness
Asking For It is urgent, difficult viewing on Australia’s consent crisis
