Accident and sickness insurance: what you need to know

Should you find yourself seriously ill and unable to work, how can you ensure you and your family are properly protected?

The Health and Wellbeing Challenge: day two

On day two of the challenge MP David Lammy has his health and wellbeing assessed by Dr Laura Marshall-Andrews, who offers advice on ways to improve his work-life balance

IVF and the NHS: the parents navigating fertility’s postcode lottery

What are you entitled to for free on the NHS, how much should you spend on private treatment? And how can you cut costs?

There’s no financial, ethical or clinical justification for NHS charges

Jacky Davis: The health industrial complex has been eyeing up the NHS budget for years. Building the myth that it is 'outdated and unaffordable' is just the first step

How the tech industry’s youth cult is driving older workers to plastic surgery

You don't have to be young to work in Silicon Valley – but it certainly helps. Which is why the over-30s are now taking extreme measures, says Jon Henley

This column will change your life: the perils of feedback

'We want to feel we're learning and improving, but we also want appreciating for who we are,' says Oliver Burkeman

What is the cost to boys of our traditional view of masculinity?

Lola Okolosie: Men are hemmed in by narratives telling them that stoicism is manly. This isn't what I want for my son

Sickness leave tumbles by more than 25% since 1993

ONS figures show the average person took 4.4 days off in 2013, compared with 7.2 days two decades ago

Commuting makes you ‘unhappy and anxious’, says ONS

Commuters have lower life satisfaction and a lower sense that their daily activities are worthwhile, according to research based on around 60,000 people

Buyer’s guide to … term insurance

It's cheap and no-frills. But who needs it and what does it cost?