Grow your own first-aid kit and you can tackle all minor ailments, from skin rashes to sore throats. Lucy Atkins reports.
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/ 5 February 2010
There is a bewildering array of health applications for Apple’s cellphone. Lucy Atkins sifts through them to find the best ones.
Growing pains affect about 40% of children to varying
degrees.
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/ 31 January 2009
It is well known that women in many countries tend to live longer than men. We also know that some diseases affect men more than women and vice versa.
The retro activity that tones your body in all the right places is making a comeback, writes Lucy Atkins.
The Hollywood heart attack (think Elliott Gould in <i>Ocean’s 13</i>) involves dramatic chest clutching and collapse. But in reality, symptoms vary.
Broccoli and other vegetables such as cauliflower and cabbage contain a group of phytochemicals that seem to have cancer-preventing properties.
In the latest study researchers at Imperial College, London, found that men with a history of gum disease had a 14% higher chance of getting cancer.