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One evening last summer, I looked up at my husband with alarm - not simply by the fact that he’d begun to develop a fair bit of extra upholstery around the middle,
After the season of cheer and beer,
Comes champagne and the New Year.
You’re sailing high, you’re feeling bold.
A fortnight later, you feel queer,
Somehow lose your immune veneer.
You start to sneeze, you’re suddenly old,
Your year begins with a bl
A 58-year-old active woman has learned that the bone density in her back has slipped to just 87% of normal levels. She takes a wide range of vitamins plus calcium and magnesium and has just started on silica. She would like to avoid taking Fosamax...
About six months ago, the pressures in my eyes were 22 mmHg (left) and 21 mmHg (right). The optician told me I should have my pressure tested every six months, as I was in danger of developing glaucoma.
Our cover story this month reveals the astonishing fact that the most frequently diagnosed type of breast cancer is not cancer at all, but a ‘something’ that has gone slightly awry, but which, in the long term, is likely to sort itself out.
A high cholesterol count will almost certainly send you down the road of a lifelong prescription of statins and a criminally low-fat diet.
Most of us believe there are only four seasons, but there is a fifth one that runs from November to February - the colds/flu season. Chances are, at some point in your life - and, for some people, once a year
Tooth decay and gum disease are widespread throughout the Western world in spite of the availability of high-tech toothbrushes, and ‘scientifically proven’ toothpastes and mouthwashes.
