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10 health fads you should ignore

10 health fads you should ignore

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Mad fad diets

There’s a fad (or should that be mad?) diet out there to suit every taste and...
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10 steps to healthy skin thumb

10 steps to healthy skin

There are all sorts of everyday factors that can take their toll on our skin, but we...
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How diet can help in the battle against depression thumb

How diet can help in the battle against depression

Around 1 in 10 of us experience depression in our lifetime, and depression is currently...
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15 cancer-busting foods thumb

15 cancer-busting foods

There are foods we can eat regularly that may help give us a better chance of avoiding...
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Health tips from around the world thumb

Health tips from around the world

From spices to siestas, every culture has their own solutions to staying healthy and...
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Checking your breasts: the basics thumb

Checking your breasts: the basics

Most cases of breast cancer are found by women noticing unusual changes, taking the...
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Alternative remedies to fight colds and flu thumb

Alternative remedies to fight colds and flu

There are a range of natural remedies available to help your system fight colds, flu...
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Get relief from painful periods thumb

Get relief from painful periods

Few women get away with no-pain periods, but there are now effective ways to minimise...
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Try ginger if you're feeling sick for any reason thumb

Try ginger if you're feeling sick for any reason

Morning sickness, travel sickness, in fact all nausea can be helped by taking ginger,...
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Acupuncture: time to reset the body clock? thumb

Acupuncture: time to reset the body clock?

As the clocks have now gone back, our minds turn to darker nights, turning on the heating...
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Chill out with cryotherapy thumb

Chill out with cryotherapy

Prepare yourself for the ultimate chill factor in terms of spa treatments. This growing...
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cryotherapy

Prepare yourself for the ultimate chill factor in terms of spa treatments. This growing...
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The health benefits of swimming thumb

The health benefits of swimming

We all know swimming is a great workout, but the real appeal lies in its all-inclusive...
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Beat jetlag the traditional Chinese way thumb

Beat jetlag the traditional Chinese way

We've all been there - wide awake in the middle of the night, asleep on your feet...
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Cosmetic surgery: the real cost thumb

Cosmetic surgery: the real cost

Cosmetic surgery is becoming increasingly accepted as the norm, but is it really normal...
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