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Mapping the body: gastric pits

This article titled “Mapping the body: gastric pits” was written by Gabriel Weston, for The Guardian on Monday 19th September 2011 20.30 UTC There’s a funny kind of hierarchy that exists among the organs. You simply don’t hear bladder surgeons boasting about their art in quite the same way that heart and brain surgeons do. And yet, even the most humble body part has its own complex and fascinating physiology. I realised this when learning about the structure and function...Read More

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Coffee may help prevent depression in women

This article titled “Coffee may help prevent depression in women” was written by Rebecca Smithers, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 27th September 2011 12.17 UTC Drinking several cups of coffee a day may help to prevent depression in women, new research suggests. It found that four or more cups of caffeinated coffee slashed the risk of clinical depression by 20% when compared with drinking one or fewer cups per week. The research, published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine,...Read More

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Pursuit of happiness

This article titled “Pursuit of happiness” was written by Hannah Booth, for The Guardian on Monday 19th September 2011 19.29 UTC I am sitting across a table from my sister-in-law, outside a small Italian restaurant, reading her a letter. As experiences go, it’s toe-curling. I am telling her everything I’m grateful to her for. It’s like a bad episode of Oprah. Surely us Brits aren’t built for this stuff? But according to Action for Happiness, little things...Read More

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This column will change your life: small victories

This article titled “This column will change your life: small victories” was written by Oliver Burkeman, for The Guardian on Friday 9th September 2011 22.00 UTC Almost 30 years ago, the organisational theorist Karl Weick made an observation that campaigners on everything fromglobal warming to homelessness have been ignoring ever since. Sometimes, he pointed out, convincing the world that you’re fighting a Very Serious Problem actually makes it harder to solve. In a paper...Read More

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Easy weight loss: The ‘virtual gastric band’

This article titled “Easy weight loss: The ‘virtual gastric band’” was written by Gemma Bowes, for The Guardian on Friday 29th July 2011 21.45 UTC Calling all those who are a bit fat, greedy and lazy: there is a way to get thinner without giving anything up, taking anything up, and it isn’t surgery – not real surgery anyway. The “virtual gastric band” is a new hypnotherapy treatment available at the Lifehouse spa in Essex, and a quick-fix for...Read More