End to ‘living will’ euthanasia loophole
Ministers seek compromise as relatives, medical groups and activists clash on the rights of incapacitated patients.
Work ministry chalks up sick days record
Anxiety and depression main causes of long-term absences as taxpayers' bill rises to more than £100m a year.
Television: a modest proposal
Peter Preston: Add a health warning, fine those who watch it, load on the taxes ...
Substantial problems
Leader: There was bad news yesterday on two of the country's heaviest addictions: alcohol and cannabis. On the alcohol front, a new study of teenage girls showed that for the first time they had overtaken boys in levels of binge drinking.
Just say no to avoid sex infections, young told
Young people should be encouraged to consider abstaining from sex as one of the options for protecting themselves against the epidemic of sexually transmitted infections, suggests Health Protection Agency.
Strain of caring for frail relatives makes people ill
Carers are twice as likely to fall ill as people generally, new research reveals.