Nationwide halts worker’s cancer care
Nationwide building society pulls plug on terminally ill employee's medical treatment mid-course
Factsheet: Critical illness insurance
Critical illness insurance pays out a tax-free lump sum if you are diagnosed as having one of the specific life-threatening conditions defined in the policy.
Factsheet: Private medical insurance
Private medical insurance allows you to pay for private medical care if you would rather not wait for treatment on the NHS.
£190 to help pregnant women eat healthily
The little-publicised grant, written about in Cash in February, is available to all expectant mothers irrespective of their household income.
Snooze flash: Bosses encourage sleeping on the job
National Nap at Work Week is the perfect antidote to the clocks going forward, says Huma Qureshi as she stifles a yawn
Laser eye surgery risks ‘underplayed by opticians’
Consumer group Which? says opticians are failing to give patients satisfactory procedural advice and are misleading them over costs
Are night shifts bad for you?
Lucy Atkins: The Danish government has just begun compensating women who have developed breast cancer after years of working nights
The butts stop here
There are always good reasons to stop smoking, but the economic conditions make this year the ideal time to stub it out, says Laura Howard
‘Make-believe and outright quackery’ – expert’s verdict on prince’s detox potion
Duchy's Detox Tincture also faces inquiry from Advertising Standards Authority following a separate complaint
Calm? Why should I be calm?
Julian Baggini: There's far too much emphasis on being happy these days. Anger is vital too. It could even, say scientists, help our careers