Cost worries prompt Britons to opt out of medical treatments

Two-thirds of those polled by Health365.com have delayed or cancelled treatment due to concerns over healthcare costs

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

How do you rank on personal hygiene?

Nothing turns off potential bosses like bad habits, a survey shows. But are they any better themselves?

Social care recipients to control their personal budgets

Government to announce expansion of scheme from November, giving patients total autonomy over payments

Illegal tooth-whitening products still available online despite warnings

Potentially harmful products still available on Amazon and eBay despite agreement to remove listings following a Which? report

Bogus insurance claims hit record high

Figures from the Association of British Insurers reveal that 122,000 fraudulent insurance claims were uncovered last year at a value of £840m

Private health insurance takes a dive

Record numbers are choosing not to renew their policies, report shows

Fear of insurance penalties keeps Huntington’s sufferers in the shadows

The neurodegenerative disease is said to affect seven people in 100,000, but experts believe the proportion is higher

British dentistry is in a painful state

Dental treatment is a lottery in which consumers are nearly always the losers

China suicides show the terrible toll that stress can take

Stephen Bevan: For some, work can resemble a living hell - and this is true in the west as well as in China