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The UK is lagging behind many other major world economies in its attitude to rehabilitation - and when we close the gap, we will save billions of pounds, writes Deborah Edwards

Some 50,000 old people a year are forced to sell their homes to fund care when they can no longer look after themselves - so why is long term care dying a death, asks Samantha Downes

It is extremely hard to recognise in the early stages, because it shares symptoms with many illnesses - but motor neurone disease is incurable and debilitating, writes Steven Hislop

Advisers in the international private medical insurance market can look forward to a glowing future as more Britons head overseas to sunnier climes. Georgina Kenyon reports

Too often training is seen as an excuse to get away from working or a waste of time when there are policies to be sold. Both views are drastically wrong, writes Arnie Harmsworth

After the first year of depolarisation, Edward Murray asks whether the removal of regulation means the market is a more open place - or if it just contains more confused customers?

For a parallel to corporate PMI schemes, look at the NHS, with its struggle against legislation and red tape. But there is a remedy - corporate healthcare trusts, writes Rachel Riley

The FSA wasn't happy about the way PPI providers treated their customers, and you could see its point. It's time the market called a halt to bad practices, says Simon Burgess

A year after the FSA stepped up its fight against firms that do not treat their customers fairly, can we see any tangible improvements? Johanna Gornitzki investigates

Nearly every woman in the UK will suffer from a gynaecological condition at some time in her life. Lea Taylor looks at some of the most common problems