The Happiness Prescription
GPs are recognising that at least half their patients need far more than a pill for every ill. For one woman, singing in a choir proved life-changing. Sarah Stacey reports.Listening to the lightness a...
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Editorial - Sarah Stacey
Tummy Troubles
IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) is pretty common, affecting about one third of us in the UK, and that’s the only pretty thing about it. Lets be frank, this chronic condition is a beast to li...
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Coping With Cold Sores
Q: I tend to get cold sores, which are painful, horrible to look at and make me feel low. Is there anything I can do to help prevent/treat them? A: Cold sores are due to a virus called herpes sim...
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How to Win the ‘Bug Wars’ and Transform Your Health
Forget your genes, which you can’t influence, says cardiologist Dr Steven Gundry, and focus instead on the trillions of bacteria in your body, which you can recruit as your best health budd...
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Supplements for Veganuary
I’m 100 per cent in favour of plant-based diets but it’s indisputable that vegan diets – and some vegetarian ones – can lack essential nutrients including vitamin B12, ome...
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Lets Feast On Cheese, Choccy and Eggs!
One of the joys of lockdown in our remote Dorset village is the cheese delivery from Neals Yard Dairy – a cornucopia of the most flavoursome British and Irish farmhouse cheeses. Guilty treat? After al...
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