Office party tonight?

If so, read this. David Adam on exactly what you'll be doing to your body as you sink that fourth (or was it sixth?) glass of wine.

Go with the flu – and stay away

You wake up and wish you hadn't. Do you ring work to let them know you're sick or do you go in, expecting brownie points for dedication to duty? Hugh Wilson on the sicknote dilemma.

Feeling ill? Go to work

Can it be true that when you are sick going back to work can help you get better? Margaret McCartney, a family doctor, investigates.

Intensive carer

That most British of institutions, the Royal College of Nurses, is about to do battle with the Government over nurses' pay, yet their champion is a woman from Kentucky whose reputation is for possessing that most un-British characteristic... straight talking.

Cover me – I’m going ahead alone

You've struck out and set up your own business - but can you afford to insure yourself in case things go wrong? Part two in a series on insurance for different stages of life.