HEALTH AND FITNESS
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Using fear to guide you in decision making
Here are five very good reasons you should follow your dreams even when (and especially when) others don't approve.
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Women get healthier after their husbands die
Marriage has long been thought to be beneficial - both in sickness and in health. But a study suggests that widows actually suffer less stress and frailty than wives whose husbands are still alive.
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11 things you don't actually need to have figured out by age 30
Once you accept that being grown up isn't exactly what you thought it would be, it can be pretty freeing.
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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?
Teresa Cutter
The fast and easy way to eat healthy
The oft-delivered excuse for people not cooking is lack of time. Well, that won't wash any more, Teresa Cutter says.
Why do mosquitoes like some people more than others?
Are you a mosquito magnet? If so, your genes may be to blame.
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