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The truth about depression: six people speak out

This article titled “The truth about depression: six people speak out” was written by Mark Rice-Oxley, for The Guardian on Wednesday 14th March 2012 19.15 UTC Depression is not picky. Men, women, rich, poor, white, black. No one is immune. It is not just an illness for people with dark, mysterious pasts or chaotic presents. It is ubiquitous. Empirical and anecdotal evidence suggests this is fast becoming the disease du jour. Antidepressant prescriptions have soared. The World...Read More

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Cosmetic surgery advertising ban urged by leading surgeons

This article titled “Cosmetic surgery advertising ban urged by leading surgeons” was written by Sarah Boseley, health editor, for The Guardian on Sunday 22nd January 2012 18.31 UTC All adverts for cosmetic surgery such as breast enlargement and tummy tucks should be banned, say leading plastic surgeons who warn that the industry is an under-regulated “wild west”. The surgeons are members of the British Association of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), who work on...Read More

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Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: is yoga too dangerous for me?

This article titled “Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: is yoga too dangerous for me?” was written by Luisa Dillner, for The Guardian on Sunday 22nd January 2012 21.29 UTC Yoga, once the pastime of contemplative types, now comes in more varieties than ice-cream. All yoga has postures, relaxation and controlled breathing as core ingredients. But some schools emphasise power and strength and can include exercises that verge on the unnatural. Headstands, which you tell your children...Read More

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Hard at it in the all-night gym

This article titled “Hard at it in the all-night gym” was written by Patrick Kingsley, for The Guardian on Sunday 29th January 2012 21.00 UTC Well, this is odd. I’m in the gym – The Gym in Vauxhall, south London, to be precise – and Michaeljohn Gonzalez is pumping iron. Nothing strange about that, you might think. This is, after all, a gymnasium. It’s just the time of day that is a bit weird: it is 4am. Weirder still, Gonzalez is not alone. On the treadmill runs...Read More

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Obesity, battered sausage and me

This article titled “Obesity, battered sausage and me” was written by Hopi Sen, for The Guardian on Friday 9th December 2011 23.01 UTC I can pinpoint exactly when I realised I was fat. Two years after leaving, I visited my old sixth-form college and found myself aimlessly wandering old haunts in the manner of all who discover a place that had been theirs is now strangely alien. As I explored I suddenly found myself face to face with the college nurse: not a woman I’d known...Read More