Fear of insurance penalties keeps Huntington’s sufferers in the shadows
The neurodegenerative disease is said to affect seven people in 100,000, but experts believe the proportion is higher
British dentistry is in a painful state
Dental treatment is a lottery in which consumers are nearly always the losers
China suicides show the terrible toll that stress can take
Stephen Bevan: For some, work can resemble a living hell - and this is true in the west as well as in China
The general practitioner: Patient minded
Over 30 years, Judith Yates has met generations of families at her inner-city surgery. But her next appointment is with retirement, she tells Graham Snowdon
How to survive workplace stress in the recession
Stress is on the rise, due to the recession. Emine Saner hears how to survive job insecurity, huge workloads and those very long hours
Pass notes No 2,753: Happiness
The Movement for Happiness is recruiting a director. Are you perky enough?
Student cooking offers food for thought
Whether it is during or after university, a diet of toast and noodles isn't the ideal way to nourish your brain – so a cookery course could teach you a few basics, says Louise Tickle
If you only do one thing this week … look after your eyes
Most of us spend hours every day in front of a computer monitor. Sandra Haurant suggests you take screen breaks often and get your eyes tested regularly
Surge in teeth grinding is linked to stress of recession
Dentists say financial sector workers are most likely to suffer from problem due to anxiety about future
Should I tell on a colleague who I think is faking a back problem?
A reader wonders if he should tell the boss about an absentee co-worker who has been spotted riding his bike