Is coffee really the devil’s brew?

Many of us can't start the day without it, but new research says it stops us working well. Oliver Burkeman searches for the truth about caffeine.

Cold chills

Turning up ill to look after sick people isn't a sensible idea, but is a new system of assessing days off scaring NHS staff into work?

Promotion tops health agenda

There has never been a better time to be involved in health promotion, says Alison Learmonth, who chairs the society of health education and promotion specialists in England.