Get a tip from a barmaid: pub staff could be used to spread public health message
Royal Society for Public Health report suggests using cleaners, hairdressers and postal workers and venues such as pubs to help reach people doctors do not see
Why is my hangover so bad?
It’s not just the booze giving you a hangover – it’s the microbes in your stomach
Employers pledge support to improve workers’ health
Businesses are starting to recognise their public health role, with almost 400 signing up to a Department of Health ‘responsibility deal’
Should I let my children try alcohol?
Do sips of wine with dinner at an early age promote responsible, low-risk drinking – or just give teens a taste for booze?
My mother, the alcoholic: living with foetal alcohol syndrome
Should heavy drinking in pregnancy be a crime? A recent test case in the UK was thrown out, but in the US hundreds of women have been imprisoned. We meet women and children affected by foetal alcohol syndrome
The only people who need to fear an affirmative consent standard for rape are rapists
Prevailing polices that permit silence or nonresistance to be construed as consent contort the very concept of sexual assault beyond recognition
Two for breakfast: what to eat the morning after Valentine’s day
Whether you’re recovering from a big night out, or a romantic meal for two, impress your hungover lover with a romantic and tasty breakfast
Abstain from alcohol in early pregnancy, says updated advice
Guidance on drinking during pregnancy revised from two units once or twice a week to no alcohol at all in first trimester
Modern tribes: the January non-drinker
Catherine Bennett: ‘It seems a bit selfish to guilt-trip everyone else, so I’m carrying those days over into February, or March, if necessary, or April, if need be’
Kitchen trouble: when chefs get sick – and how they cure themselves
Rich food, after-hours booze, 3am kebabs – a chef’s lifestyle can be full of unhealthy ingredients. Three top professional cooks tell Katy Salter their stories of illness – and recovery
The restorative IV drip: a hangover cure from ‘the dawn of ages’
A new trend has seen companies springing up to intravenously inject the stricken with an IV bag packed with vitamins and medications. The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt tested out the service after a night on the town
Mother who drank heavily when pregnant not guilty of crime, court rules
Child born with lifelong damage after excessive drinking by mother is not entitled to compensation, judges say
Judge rules mother not guilty of crime for drinking while pregnant
Child born with lifelong damage after excessive drinking by mother is not entitled to criminal injuries compensation, court rules
Doctors call for tougher laws on alcohol abuse to tackle liver disease crisis
The UK is the only country in western Europe except Finland where liver disease has increased over the past three decades
Don’t turn mothers who drink into criminals
Joanna Moorhead: Women with a drink or drug problem need support not condemnation. But are we prepared to help them?