How a Tattoo Could Save Your Life
Once reserved for sailors and rock stars, tattoos have become so mainstream, you may soon be seeing them in hospitals.
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Your Fab Five for Health
In September '09 your favourite picks were all about keeping your memory, learning to love seafood, how to stop telling white lies, living longer by eating better and listening to your dentist. Here are your fab five for health. Enjoy!
9 Memory Thieves You Can Beat
Want to keep all your marbles? Watch for these nine problems, which could mean you’re being stalked by a memory thief.
4 Ways to be More Honest
Nobody actually wants to be a liar. But it’s just so easy to fudge, blur, omit, and recast information, even with everyday matters. Here are a few ways to be a more honest person.
Free Dental Advice
Sometimes we forget that dentists are also doctors and that we should be listening to their advice. Read on for some words of wisdom from dentists about common concerns around dental care.
Diet for a Longer Life
Skipping unhealthy foods in favour of healthier options is surprisingly easy. Click through our photo gallery and follow these simple tips.
5 Ways to Love Seafood
Are you daunted by the thought of cooking seafood? (It gets dry! It smells fishy!) Or did a fish fillet in some childhood cafeteria leave a bad taste in your mouth? Here are the five most common objections to seafood and easy ways around them.
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Could Text Messages Help People Quit Smoking?
Smokers desperate to quit may want to try asking their friends and relatives to barrage them with encouraging text messages, a new study in the UK medical journal The Lancet suggests.
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