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There has been an explosion in ADHD cases over recent years. Here's how to know if you have the condition and what you can do about it
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View as a gridWe lost 12 stone between us and it's changed our lives
The Telegraph
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When a couple decided to embark on a weight-loss plan, neither of them could know how far they could progress
The nine most unhealthy WFH habits - and how to fix them
The Telegraph
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Easy ways to stay in shape if your commute is just a few yards, according to the experts
Forget diets, resetting your gut health will beat the bloat and stress
The Telegraph
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With 80 per cent of our immune system within our gut, it's worth paying attention to the causes of inflammation to overhaul our health
Five science-backed ways to banish negative thoughts
The Telegraph
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Follow these cognitive behavioural therapy techniques to treat anxiety, depression and insomnia
An expert's guide to living with IBS
The Telegraph
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The physical and mental symptoms of IBS can disrupt sufferers' lives, but there are steps you can take
Could 'slow motion' saunas become the new cold swimming?
The Independent
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From converted beachside horse boxes to forest retreats, saunas are the country's hottest new health craze. Wild swimmer Laurel Ives, who knows the exhilarating benefits of what a cool plunge can bring, sees if she can stand the heat...
Why your memory goes downhill after 30 - and how to reboot it
The Telegraph
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Over a month I embarked upon a memory bootcamp of puzzles, diet changes and supplements - here are the results
Doing Dry January transformed my life and mental health
AOL UK
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After realising her drinking was out of control, Cara St John decided to do Dry January which improved her life in every way.
How to stop your social life from making you fat
The Telegraph
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Eating together is important, but socialising can make sticking to a healthy diet difficult. Here's how to navigate each one
Want to be healthy over 60? This man has all the answers
The Telegraph
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It's all about living well, not just longer, believes bestselling author Dr Peter Attia
Why your gut health should be a priority in 2024
The Telegraph
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Everyone's talking about gut health these days, but what does this really mean and how do you improve it?
How Oulu became the winter cycling capital of the world
BBC
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Through a series of simple changes, the Lapland city of Oulu encourages its residents to cycle through the long, dark, snowy winter. What can other cities learn about winter cycling?
The 13 hangover cures that actually work
The Telegraph
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You might fancy a bacon sandwich or full fat Coke, but here experts reveal the healthy strategies that really make a difference
I'm a breast cancer surgeon and survivor - consider the side effects before taking the new preven...
The Telegraph
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Dr Liz O'Riordan on what it really feels like to take the new preventative cancer drug
The pros and cons of weight-loss drugs
The Telegraph
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Wegovy is now available on the NHS after much fanfare - but how does it stack up against other 'miracle' medicines?
This is the best time of day to eat if you want to lose weight
The Telegraph
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New research shows that eating before 1pm can help prevent Type 2 diabetes, but how else can meal timings affect our health?
How to increase your 'healthspan' by a decade
The Telegraph
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He is also soon to launch what he calls a new health service, the GHS for people who are 60-plus, which will focus on helping people age well and learn from others with similar conditions. "My approach is PDSR - preventing, delaying, slowing down and reversing."
'My brother took his own life, but now we are doing some good in his name'
The Telegraph
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'He was fun, he was intelligent, he was caring," says Razzak Mirjan, 30, a lawyer from London, reflecting on his younger brother, Beder. "He was surrounded by a loving family, had a great friendship group, was happy at school. He loved flying, and was going to study aeronautical engineering."
The new rules for our children's lockdown screen time
The Telegraph
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"I feel like we're fire-fighting all the time," says Alice* of her struggle to limit her 11-year-old son playing the computer game Fortnite. "Before the pandemic, he'd sort of lost interest, but during lockdown that became how he communicated with his friends, and now it's got totally out of control even though he's back at school.
How women's health is bearing the brunt of the Covid pandemic
The Telegraph
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"After 24 hours of labour, I was transferred to an operating theatre for a potential caesarean," says Natalie, an occupational therapist from London. "They were able to deliver my baby by forceps, but 15 minutes later my partner was asked to leave. I'd lost a lot of blood and was totally out of it.
I took my teenage daughter to a life-drawing class to make her think about normal, imperfect bodi...
The Telegraph
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I tell Noble-Partridge how unusual the experience of drawing a naked body feels to a novice like me. She's not surprised. "Nudity has become very sexualised in our society, yet if you are drawing, it's a safe space, and there is respect.
More veg, fewer burgers - can a family learn to like the planetary health diet?
BBC
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"It's not veggie again is it? Can't we have some normal food, please, like lasagne?" This was the reaction of my 13-year-old daughter, Louisa, said with a teenager's sigh, when presented with beany enchiladas, a healthy vegetarian recipe from BBC Food. To be fair to her, beans have featured heavily in recent family suppers.
'I'd binge on Nutella, eating a giant tub a week'
BBC
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Kara Richardson Whitely, 44, has struggled with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and subsequent obesity for most of her life. "I tried dieting numerous times but would always put the weight back on. I went to my doctor when I hit 21 stone and she said I should accept my weight.