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Forget boob jobs – here's the boob jab

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Non-surgical breast enhancement is big in the States, and now it's coming here. But is it safe? By Rachel Shields

Jeremy Laurance: Raise your glass to a diet rich in polyphenols

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Medical Life

How I beat the winter blues

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

When the clocks go back, it spells gloom for Julian Hall and thousands like him. But now he's beaten seasonal affective disorder. Here's how...

How to live to 114 (in theory)

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Doctors can now tell us which habits may extend our lives – and just how much extra time they give us. By Roger Dobson

Edwyn Collins: How I refound my voice following a stroke

Sunday, 19 October 2008

Three years ago, indie music legend Edwyn Collins suffered two strokes which left him unable to walk, talk or sing. Here, he describes his dramatic renaissance

Medical Life: If GPs want happy patients, they must listen to their nurses

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

By Jeremy Laurance

Learning from cancer map of the world

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Understanding the types of the disease and where they strike can help us see just how much diet, climate and lifestyle affect our health

How to beat a cold

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

The sneezing season is already upon us – but a little inside knowledge can reduce our chances of being laid low. Professor Ron Eccles explains how.

Medical Life: The credit crisis should make most of us feel good – for now

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Do you feel lucky? I have been feeling about 10ft tall lately – just because I still have a job (so far), a house, and I am not saddled with unmanageable mortgage payments or debts.

Can rock music make you run faster?

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Would the rhythm make athletes go faster? Claire Soares puts the theory to the test

LSD cured my headache

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Cluster headaches cause such severe pain that some sufferers are driven to suicide. Now one man believes he's found a surprising cure

Can you cook like Jamie in just 24 hours?

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

The Naked Chef claims his book can turn anyone into a competent cook overnight. Rob Sharp (who can't boil an egg) hits the kitchen

Jamie's Ministry of Food: The truth about Rotherham's eating habits

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

When I set off to live in Rotherham for six months to write 'Welcome to Everytown', some people quipped that they would have to send me food parcels. It was a bad joke then – didn't they know that my local Morrisons stocked such delicacies as octopus and excellent local cheeses? But it's an even worse one now. Jamie Oliver has managed not only to confirm every negative stereotype about northern pie and chip-eating monsters, he's made the caricature worse.

Virginia Ironside's Dilemmas: My partner died a year ago and I have been having an affair with his friend. He recently had a one-night stand with a mutual friend - should I take him back?

Monday, 6 October 2008

Dear Virginia,

My partner died a year ago, and I’ve been comforted by an old friend of his. We started an affair, but didn’t talk about commitment. Then he told me he’d had a one-night stand with a mutual friend, and I dropped him. Now, I’m more unhappy than I was over my partner’s death. Do I take him back? He wants to see me on whatever terms.

Yours sincerely, Nona

Inside the world's most radical drug clinic

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Dr Andre Waismann is rewriting the rulebook for rehab, with incredible success. So why is the medical establishment ignoring his work?

'I couldn't function without cocaine'

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Former City high-flyer launches social networking site to help addicts

Breast cancer: what women need to know

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Can diet and exercise help prevent Britain's most common cancer? And is it really caused by toxins, stress and late childbirth? Professor Karol Sikora debunks the myths – and reports on the latest breakthroughs

Medical Life: Who's really paying for cancer patients' free medicines?

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Medicines are like money – they provoke strong emotions and no one is capable of being entirely rational about them. Do you know anyone who isn't either a spendthrift or a scrooge? No, neither do I.

Cocaine: Do you have a drug problem?

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

The questions below will help you to decide whether it would be advisable to seek further advice. If you answer the questions honestly, and you answer yes to three or more questions, then you may have a problem.

Sleeping Around: On the road

Friday, 26 September 2008

I'm writing this from the US, where I'm on a road trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas. Everyone here, at every bar along the way, is obsessed with the financial meltdown and proposed $700 million federal bailout - and I've been wondering what effect it will have on people's love lives.