The narcolepsy family’s house of sleep

Imagine nodding off on your way to the shops, nights plagued by violent dreams, and falling asleep every time you laughed. For the López family of narcolepsy and cataplexy sufferers, this is a way of life. But could their plight be the key to a cure? Giles Tremlett enters their slumbering home

Britain’s loneliness epidemic

People in Britain are living longer, and increasingly, spending their last years alone. Now more of us than ever before describe ourselves as lonely. Homa Khaleeli finds out how to beat the loneliness epidemic

What doctors won’t do

From steroids to sleeping tablets, IVF to the flu jab – doctors reveal the treatments they would avoid