Surge in teeth grinding is linked to stress of recession
Dentists say financial sector workers are most likely to suffer from problem due to anxiety about future
Make STD testing mandatory
Rosa Freedman: Legal and financial disincentives stop people getting checked. Compulsory testing would halt the spread of chlamydia and HIV
Smoking: Progress without principles
Editorial: When history is written, the smoking ban could well loom larger than anything else New Labour did
Oh happy days
It may look grim out there, but unemployment is down, days are getting longer – and Tony Blair is set to provide us with the best daytime TV ever. Tim Dowling brings us 25 reasons to be cheerful
I don’t need a war to fight my cancer. I need empowering as a patient
Mike Marqusee: Using the martial metaphor for something as complex as cancer makes the disease ripe for political and financial exploitation
PruHealth policyholders hit pain barrier as insurer cuts gym discounts
PruHealth scheme members are venting their anger at a controversial change to the insurer's terms and conditions, reports Jill Insley
Pill-popping approach to female libido
Christine Ottery: Flibanserin's makers promise help for 'hypoactive sexual desire disorder'. It suits drug companies to medicalise in this way
Viagra: The profitable pill
Since its launch in 1998, Pfizer's treatment for erectile dysfunction has earned the company more than £1bn a year
Calorie count guidance may rise by a cheeseburger
Committee says recommended adult daily calorie intake could be increased by 16%, or up to 400 calories a day
Salt in Jamie Oliver sauces a recipe for ill-health
• Chef's pasta range has more than any other• One portion equivalent to 10 bags of salted crisps