Looking for advice? Stop Googling and get some rest

Libby Brooks: As Claire Rayner knew, the mind-boggling detail on every conceivable dysfunction available online is no substitute for the basics

Government refuses to increase payments to victims of contaminated blood scandal

Public health minister Anne Milton said increasing payments in line with the recommendation of independent report into the scandal would cost £3bn

Alzheimer’s patients to get drugs on NHS after government U-turn

Campaigners welcome 'momentous day' after three-year battle for access to the only remedies thought to delay symptoms

Equality Act – a health warning for the sick and disabled

The Equality Act brings the UK in line with its competitors, but may not be much good to jobseekers who are disabled or suffering from a medical condition

Health insurers force children into the ranks of the uninsured

Seema Jilani: The modest measures imposed by healthcare reform have provoked a fierce defence of profit ahead of people's wellbeing

Pregnant women added to flu jab list

Government urges mothers-to-be to take up offer in case of a resurgence of swine flu this winter

Global dementia costs hit £388bn

Report says care and medical costs total more than 1% of GDP and warns of the '21st century's most significant health crisis'

Paying egg donors will not solve the problems of IVF

Response: Yes, there are shortages and the system is expensive. But fees would not fix it, says Francoise Shenfield

In the name of purity, public funds are wasted on the rich

Simon Jenkins: From IVF to universities and museums, Britain's aversion to charging for services punishes women, students and the poor

Food Dudes should be in every school

Neville Rigby: It's won the praise of experts for getting kids to eat fruit and veg. So why is this great scheme being largely eschewed in Britain?