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‘To feel motivated to clean something, you’ve first got to notice – and care – that it’s dirty’
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I always imagined that for my first DNF I’d be on my hands and knees, dragged from the competition. In reality, however, the body was willing – it was the mind that had ceased to push forward and I was in too dark a place to continue
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Leave your white trousers (and shoes) at home – this genteel English sport is getting a laid-back makeover
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Recent research has linked goth culture with a higher risk of depression – and inspired some scaremongering headlines. Aren’t these young people simply finding strength in numbers?
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Nonsensical euphoria, lying to yourself and hours alone with just your thoughts for company: the weird and wonderful world of the mind when running
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Anyone who wants to get nerdy about running shoes for marathons, meet me below the line. Otherwise, tell me all about your bank holiday weekend running - how it went, or indeed how it’s still going. Though don’t type while running, that’s dangerous.
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health news
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Simon Stevens, NHS England’s chief executive, will launch initiative to improve staff health and cut amount of sick leave
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Tests on men and women reveal those who sleep six hours or less a night are more than four times as likely to contract virus than those resting for seven or more hours
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health dilemmas
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New research shows that omega-3 may have little impact in stalling dementia – so maybe it’s time we stopped bankrolling a billion-dollar supplements industry
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A new study shows that, like yawning, laughter really can be infectious. It can even help people to recover from depression
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advice
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Ask Molly RingwaldAsk Molly RingwaldAsk Molly Ringwald: our agony aunt’s final piece of advice‘Recently, I read back over many of your letters, and if there was a consistent pattern to be found in my responses, it was: listen more, talk more’
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