HEALTH AND FITNESS
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How to (pre-emptively) handle an epic hangover
There's no need to spend the festive season in bed with a throbbing head. We've preventative and morning-after tips to help you on your road to recovery.
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Happiness does not affect how long you live
A study of one million women found happy souls are no more likely to live longer.
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How blogging and memoir writing can help the sick and traumatised
Writing as therapy is having a moment. Can it really cure the sick, the sad and the self-loathing?
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Technophoria
Do self-tracking devices actually lead to lifestyle changes?
Does the obsession with collecting data on ourselves spur us to change our behaviour or merely increase anxiety?
Orthorexia
The quest for 'wellness' that is making us sick
Extreme 'clean' diets and an obsession with physical perfection are ruining lives, says India Sturgis
Why do mosquitoes like some people more than others?
Are you a mosquito magnet? If so, your genes may be to blame.
Real life
Telling people I have genital herpes is empowering
Ella Dawson blogs about dating with genital herpes to promote normality in the face of stigma.
What's so wrong with having a little patience?
In our bright and blinking technological age, intellectual immersion is rarely lauded. But it should be.
Period Project
How do homeless women deal with their periods?
The government provides condoms at homeless shelters, so why not tampons?
Four killed in Jerusalem synagogue
Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun shot dead after killing four rabbis, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city. 00:55