Ease the pain if you cannot work with an income protection plan

Survey shows more than half of workers say they couldn't survive financially for more than three months on statutory sick pay

Life expectancy shows a growing north-south divide

Men in London can live up to 14 years longer than their Glaswegian counterparts, according to ONS figures, putting the latter on a par with life expectancy in Albania and Palestine

McDonald’s calorie counts count for nothing

The fast food chain will display dietary information as part of a wider drive to inform consumers about the foods they eat. But isn't this just for show, asks Mark King

NHS plans will mean putting wealthy first, says doctors’ leader

Hospitals will be forced to treat wealthy foreigners to raise cash, rather than treat poor patients, says BMA's Hamish Meldrum

Is a dental hygienist necessary every time I go for a check-up?

A sceptical reader has so far resisted their dentist's attempts to book them in with a hygienist

Are dentists a rip-off?

A reader wonders, is there any point in seeing a dental hygienist, and is dental insurance anything more than a rip-off?

Incapacity benefit was a lifeline after my accident – would I be so lucky now?

Tim Rushby-Smith: The cuts get personal: Welfare helped me rebuild my future after a spinal cord injury

Job prospects linked to low birth weight and childhood illness, study says

Research finds those at top of career healthier as infants while lower birth weight could mean smaller paycheck

Bupa accuses surgeons of performing unnecessary knee operations

Doctors deny private health insurer's claim that many knee arthroscopies performed on Bupa patients are unnecessary

These work capability assessments are a farce

Sue Marsh: So, politicians designed an incapacity benefits system in which virtually nobody qualifies for help. How can that be justified?