Six million carers in the UK dedicate their time providing unpaid care to a relative or friend who is ill, frail or disabled.
For families with disabled children, even a short break is sweet
Understanding men's mental health
Read more on what can be done to help men in this little studied area of wellbeing.
Call for 'granny leave' and tax credits to reward child carers
Charity says Britain's 14 million grandparents are helping to keep families afloat by providing childcare worth £3.9bn a year
For many mental illness sufferers, workplace prejudice and discrimination is commonplace. Why should that still be?
People in the UK are living to an older age than ever, and more and more of us are set to join them. But before you celebrate, consider the implications.
It's not just boys who are autistic
When it was first discovered more than 60 years ago, Asperger's syndrome was thought to be a male-only condition. But now that more and more girls are being diagnosed with it, why do we hear so little about them, wonders Joanna Moorhead
Poverty worries make elderly ill, says report
One in four older people in the UK are so worried about the future that it is making them ill, according to a report which finds that poverty and loneliness are endemic among pensioners.
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