Health insurers seek double-digit rate hikes for 2016, report finds

Some states have already approved hikes as high as 36% as firms seek increases for a third of the health insurance plans listed on the Obamacare exchange

Markus Persson: the Minecraft billionaire sending lonely late-night tweets from Ibiza

He might have sold his creation to Microsoft for $2.5bn, but the mega-rich Scandinavian games developer says money doesn’t guarantee happiness

The culture of presenteeism is going to kill British workers

A survey shows stroke risk increases with long hours at work. This doesn’t make us more productive – so why don’t we try to fix this?

UK gym membership spending up by 44%

Budget gyms with more flexible contracts contribute to increase in membership in last year

How to be happy in Britain: live in the north

The secret to satisfaction is an affordable home in the country, a good view and not too many neighbours, according to an estate agency’s report

American doctors are over-reliant on medical tests and patients pay the price

As the availability and costs of medical technologies has grown, so has the indiscriminate use of expensive tests that are not needed

Save your holiday – leave your running shoes at home

‘Sight jogging’ is the latest way to inveigle targets and self-improvement into your break. I would counsel the opposite, and keep your holiday time sacred

Dr Now: the smartphone app that puts you in touch with a GP – for a fee

New rash of apps exploit gaps in overstretched NHS by offering subscribers virtual consultation with a GP

Shall we buy a NutriBullet, costing £90?

My partner wants one, but I think it’ll end up at the back of the cupboard with the sandwich toaster

I don’t know how he does it! Meet the new superdads

Today’s fathers are learning how to juggle everything: career, family, friends, downtime. Sound familiar? Gaby Hinsliff meets the first generation of men attempting to have it all