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

Detox plans may seriously damage your wealth

If you are planning a detox, think long-term change, not quick fix

Financial resolutions: Cancel that old gym membership

Gym membership? I'm really paying for my inertia on this one

I don’t need a war to fight my cancer. I need empowering as a patient

Mike Marqusee: Using the martial metaphor for something as complex as cancer makes the disease ripe for political and financial exploitation

PruHealth policyholders hit pain barrier as insurer cuts gym discounts

PruHealth scheme members are venting their anger at a controversial change to the insurer's terms and conditions, reports Jill Insley

Unfair insurance law may be overturned

The publication of a parliamentary bill could do away with a law that punishes insurance claimants for honest mistakes