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

Five ways to make money … with your body

Seasoned saver Jasmine Birtles, of moneymagpie.com, shows you how to earn a crust by getting physical

Working on the go

Open thread: American companies are using activity monitoring gadgets to get their employees to exercise more. Would you wear one?

Middle classes must lose benefits

Andrew Haldenby: Our wasteful welfare system has decoupled work and reward. Help for the poorest should be handled at a local level

Nice backs minimum pricing on alcohol to cut harmful drinking

Recommendation by government's expert advisory body will stir up public controversy over the issue

UK quality of life poor, study says

Longer working hours, high cost of living and low holiday entitlement contribute to UK's bottom place in survey of 10 European countries