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A pill for every ill: Two million Brits have become addicted to prescription drugs
Sunday, 2 August 2009
Britain has a new drug problem: two million of us are addicted to tranquillisers, while countless thousands abuse over-the-counter painkillers. How has this unchecked culture of legal drug addiction been allowed to flourish, asks Nina Lakhani?
My week as a superdad: Phil Hilton takes lessons in modern fatherhood
Thursday, 30 July 2009
A trip to the park just isn't enough any more – a good father must now spend 'quality time' with his kids. So which activities make the grade? And how many hours should he put in? Phil Hilton tries advanced parenting
Big Think: Esther Dyson Urges Widespread Genetic Testing
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Big Think: Genetic Contradiction
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Big Think: Is a Healthy 25-Year-Old Really at Risk for Macular Degeneration?
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Work hard, drink harder?
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Rob Sharp: When a glass or two turns to high-functioning alcoholism
Jeremy Laurance: Why men and women really can’t get any satisfaction
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Medical Life
SSRIs: When anti-depressants go wrong
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Rebekah Beddoe was a young mum who went to her GP for help. A routine prescription for anti-depressants later and her life was spiralling out of control
Relax your way to perfect health
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Cutting-edge scientific research now proves what the yogis have always known: deep relaxation can have a profound effect on a wide range of medical conditions. Anastasia Stephens reports
My life in a wheelchair
Monday, 27 July 2009
David Prosser was in a wheelchair for weeks after an accident. No problem, he thought. Britain is adapted to the needs of those on four wheels – isn't it?
Tales from the front line of pandemic Britain
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Lessons from life: a mother-to-be, a GP, the reporter, paediatric consultant, headteacher, expert... and parent
Steve Powell: Why are deaf people being failed by the NHS?
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Thirty per cent of deaf people in the UK are unemployed, permanently sick or disabled according to the 2009 GP Patient Survey. This is three times higher than the general population. Fundamental issues lie at the heart of this statistic. Deaf people have serious difficulties accessing basic healthcare services and their needs are being ignored.
The magic of treehouses
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Brian Viner: The great British treehouse is under threat – from the planners. But looking at the world through leaves is a rite of passage no child should miss.
How to build a treehouse
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Let's be blunt. Building a decent treehouse is really hard. It takes something like 60 man hours start to finish and costs more than £100 in wood and materials. In other words, it's a job for dads. We are well aware of the satisfaction gained from nailing bits of wood to a tree, but for something that looks right, is strong and safe and will last more than just a few months, you need a bit more than that.
If the UK were a village of just 100 people...
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
... and all current demographic and social proportions remained the same, what sort of village would it be? Simon Usborne leads a revealing tour
Generations of sex, booze and babes
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
The status of women has changed radically over the last 50 years – but each generation faces the same challenges. As aBBC season examining adulthood begins, Rob Sharp talks to grandmothers, mothers and daughters about life’s milestones
Jeremy Laurance: 'Pregnant with swine flu? I'd be more worried about the traffic'
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Medical Life
A healthy five a day: Can you cheat?
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
The food industry has dreamed up hundreds of ways to hit your daily fruit and veg target. But do they do they deliver what they say on the wrapper? Dan Lloyd asks the experts
Unhealthy appetite
Monday, 20 July 2009
Nick Harding: Is 'Fatsploitation' fuelling the obesity crisis?
I'm proof that you're never too old for mumps
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Rob Sharp: Feverish, hallucinating, sick – and each of my testicles was the size of a medium bag of jelly babies.
Jeremy Laurance: The libel laws that threaten to stifle scientific debate
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Medical Life
Eat less, live longer
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Calorie restrictors deliberately limit their intake of food because they believe it will extend their lifespans. Now a major scientific study seems to back up their extraordinary claims. Hugh Wilson reports
Jeremy Laurance: Ditching these operations could save the NHS a fortune
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Medical Life
The bug with a lethal sting
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Rob Sharp: The most deadly form of malaria is on the rise among travellers yet many fail to act to prevent it.
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